Cornwall

07/26 Cornwall warns of £22m budget gap amid ‘fragile’ financial position

06/26 Cornwall ends year £7.5m over budget despite financial interventions

05/26 Cornwall warns DSG deficit could reach £180m by 2028

03/26 Cornwall’s service charge to increase as it joins new pool

11/25 Hastings expects to exceed budgeted returns with 4.2% return rate

11/25 LPPI exceeds £250m in cost savings

11/25 LPPI pool’s AUM to rise to £54bn as six Brunel funds agree to join

10/25 LPPI welcomes six new partner funds as EAPF makes its move

10/25 Another former Brunel fund heads to LPPI

10/25 Orphaned Brunel fund chooses London CIV as preferred pooling partner

09/25 Boost for LPPI as Dorset and Somerset announce preference

09/25 Clotted cream first as Devon confirms preferred pooling partner

09/25 Brunel funds in talks with LPPI about planned merger

09/25 Place-based investment still ‘a small fraction’ of LGPS assets

09/25 Oxfordshire announces pooling decision

07/25 Government acts to block councils from ‘selling off the family silver’ ahead of LGR

07/25 Cornwall implements new budgeting approach to close £100m gap

07/25 Labour MP warns ‘scattering’ Brunel funds will harm local investment

07/25 Council-led housebuilding programme a ‘positive step forward’

05/25 Growth of the town council: will local government reorganisation mean more grassroots powerhouses?

04/25 Could LGR trigger the great district spending spree?

01/25 Brunel CEO: ‘policy changes work best when all parties are on the same journey’

11/24 Increasing pay in adult social care will wipe out much of extra Budget funding, warns Moody’s

10/24 Budget: ‘significant’ funding increase includes £600m for social care and £230m for homelessness

10/24 Andy Brown joins Surrey as executive director of finances and s151

09/24 Using Place-Based Impact Investing as an approach to attract external investment

09/24 Epping Forest ramps up investments following asset sale

08/24 Municipal Missions Manifesto: A new dawn for local government has broken, has it not? – Alison Ring

07/24 Jim McMahon to speak at Room151’s LATIF/FDs’ Summit

06/24 Local government finance community to gather at LATIF and Finance Directors’ Summit this September

05/24 IFS: abolishing UKSPF for national service scheme will ‘downgrade’ levelling up

05/24 Cornwall Council launches £10.6bn investment programme

05/24 UK Environment Agency invests £170m in Schroders renewables fund

05/24 Cornwall seeks private investment in nature and aviation

04/24 Councils face £332m shortfall in annual youth homelessness funding

03/24 Cornwall Pension Fund commits £40m to energy transition strategy

03/24 Government announces exceptions for council tax premium on second homes

03/24 Housing151: government must take a ‘more sensible’ attitude towards debt

03/24 Housing151: ‘Total, radical shift’ in housing provision required, says keynote Jackie Sadek

02/24 Are council housing companies the answer to the housing crisis?

01/24 LGPS funds in the South West back largest operational solar deal in the UK

01/24 Housing151 conference draws near seeking solutions to timely topics

01/24 Bond yields: is now the time for the LGPS to de-risk?

12/23 Roundtable: investing in fixed income – opportunities for the LGPS

11/23 ‘Hugely disappointing’: Autumn Statement offers no recognition of local government financial issues

11/23 IN PICTURES: highlights from the 2023 Investment Forum

11/23 Eight LGPS investors to back UK infrastructure

11/23 Room151’s 2023 Investment Forum: the LGPS at an inflection point

11/23 ACCESS launches UK and global property mandates

11/23 Cornwall Pension Fund and PGIM Real Estate complete joint housing acquisition

10/23 Wiltshire Pension Fund teams up with five other Brunel funds to back renewables

09/23 ‘Stark’ service cuts at Woking as ‘things will get worse before they get better’

09/23 Growing funding gap of almost £50m ‘most immediate issue’ for Kirklees

09/23 Cornwall gets creative to balance budget amid ‘enormous financial challenges’

06/23 Worcestershire County Council appoints Phil Rook as s151

05/23 PRI director joins Brunel as head of Stewardship

05/23 Three councils awarded over £40m to create green heat networks

03/23 LGPS pool ahead of target on cost savings

12/22 £1bn devolution deals agreed for Suffolk and Norfolk

12/22 Cornwall Council signs £360m devolution deal

11/22 Forestry investing at an inflection point

11/22 Autumn Statement: a ‘better than expected’ outcome for councils

11/22 Pension pooling and the infrastructure imperative

11/22 LGPS fund invests £65m in modular housing programme

07/22 Pension fund to invest in affordable housing in Cornwall

06/22 Four local transport projects receive £160m government funding

05/22 Abolition of section 106 agreements ‘threat to local prioritisation’

05/22 Will Perry to open Housing151 conference

04/22 UKSPF a ‘missed opportunity for funding reform’

04/22 Cornwall’s housing crisis: planning and tax reforms ‘urgently required’

03/22 £4m Community Housing Fund to help deliver 1,200 affordable homes

03/22 LGPS pool ‘demonstrates major cost savings’, according to annual report

03/22 LGPS funds seeking to divest from Russia

12/21 A year in the life of an s151: ‘We delivered unbelievable things’

12/20 PWLB consultation: Big change on the way but there are ‘grey areas’ and opportunities

10/20 Tracie Langley: Shifting revenue budgets from individuals to place

02/20 Auditors find governance failures over LOBO loans

11/19 Brunel launches emerging markets sub-fund

11/19 Five councils share £374m for housing infrastructure

10/19 Moody’s: PWLB rate rise ‘credit negative’ for local authorities

08/19 Brunel wants new chief to build on success

07/19 The future for outsourcing after Barnet formula cracks

04/19 Poorest UK regions call for €13bn in post-Brexit funding

01/19 Cornwall ends inverse LOBOs

11/18 Brunel Pension Partnership launches asset management accord

11/18 County funding “embeds social mobility” according to MPs

08/18 Auditors settle LOBO accounting delay

05/18 Neil Amin-Smith: Research reveals 100% rates retention pilots are not cost-neutral

04/18 Council funding boost for stadium for Cornwall

10/17 LGPS Pools Roundup: Brunel appointments, mandate for UBS, CFO for Central, credit fund launch

10/17 Mike Jensen departs LPP for second stint with Lancashire’s treasury team

09/17 Business rates retention policy revived with new pilots

07/17 Brunel launches £27.5bn LGPS pool with new CEO and CIO

06/17 Brunel pension pool begins hunt for management team

04/17 Outstanding PWLB debt rises as councils borrow for property investment

03/17 News round-up: Glasgow’s TIF plan, calls for new watchdog, Cornwall’s settlement ‘disappointment’, business rates events

02/17 Councils going bankrupt? Don’t be Scilly!

02/17 Business rates retention to take over funding of three existing grants