Hammersmith And Fulham

10/26 Hammersmith and Fulham eyes council tax rises of up to 150% 

12/25 2025 in review part two: July to December

12/25 Council tax hikes in six areas given go-ahead as funding falls

12/25 Provisional finance settlement: £78bn for English councils in 2026/27 but SEND uncertainty remains

11/25 Rethinking infrastructure allocations: liquidity, political challenges and reputational risks

10/25 The role of shared services in today’s local government

09/25 The net zero transition backed by social impact banking

08/25 Inner London ‘biggest loser’ in funding reforms as deprived areas may fare less well than expected: IFS

10/24 SYPA appoints Jonathan Hunt as investment advisor

07/24 No ‘immediate improvement or help’ in chancellor’s statement but some promise

07/24 Richard Harbord: a mammoth King’s Speech but much must wait for another day

07/24 King’s Speech: devolution, planning reform and housing delivery high on government agenda

07/24 Institutional investors can solve the UK’s key worker renting crisis

05/24 Has local government cut itself off from cheaper borrowing?

05/24 Municipal Missions Manifesto: Richard Harbord

04/24 Resetting local government: Room151 launches Municipal Missions Manifesto series

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

04/24 Private Debt Roundtable: capitalising on new opportunities

04/24 Former BoE chief economist makes case for urban wealth funds to alleviate council crisis

03/24 Richard Harbord: Budget does little to stop new s114 notices being issued in 2024/25

02/24 Harbord: ‘local authority finance may well have got worse in 2024’

12/23 2023 in review: 12 of Room151’s best blogs

12/23 Anatomy of a deal: how Westminster City Council capitalised on the opportunity to borrow prudently

12/23 Finance policy statement: ‘difficult to see how it will help authorities balance their budgets’

12/23 Richard Harbord: has government intervention gone too far?

11/23 Council officers: Autumn Statement ‘not helpful’ as ‘threat of severe difficulties’ remains

10/23 £1.2bn Hammersmith and Fulham Pension Fund awards climate transition mandate

10/23 Richard Harbord: the responsibilities of the section 151 officer

10/23 The days of shared services are ‘numbered’ amid councils’ financial troubles

10/23 £16bn of LGPS capital invested in fossil fuels

09/23 Richard Harbord: no easy path to sustainable local government

09/23 Birmingham City Council issues section 114 notice

07/23 The recent spate of s114 warnings is ‘deeply troubling’ for local government

07/23 DLUHC to implement its new proposals to clear audit backlog by year-end

06/23 LUHC audit inquiry: s151 officers say ‘compromises’ needed to clear audit backlog as array of failings are highlighted

06/23 LUHC audit inquiry: how to solve the auditing crisis

05/23 Richard Harbord: the role and responsibility of the s151 officer in the external audit crisis

05/23 Harbord: time for a rebirth of the Audit Commission?

04/23 Shared service trimmed as no longer delivering some ‘cost savings’

04/23 Harbord: moving faster on pooling ‘a step too far’

03/23 What was in the Budget for local government?

11/22 Local government’s bewilderment over business rate changes

11/22 Autumn Statement: the uncertainty continues

11/22 DLUHC: the right team at the right time?

09/22 DLUHC: the departmental in-tray

06/22 Children’s social care: a radical review, but is it realistic?

05/22 Mixed reaction to proposed government intervention powers

05/22 Queen’s Speech: an ambitious plan hampered by omissions

10/20 Interest rate swap ‘allows’ Plymouth to tackle risk

09/19 London authority moves £125m to low carbon fund

10/18 English councils ‘hit twice as badly’ by austerity than Scotland and Wales

08/18 Surrey appoints interim finance director

12/17 News Roundup: LGPS hedge fund holdings, Newham housing scheme, Right to Buy threat

11/17 News Roundup: Business rates switch to CPI, infrastructure borrowing & county council funding ‘unfair’

11/17 Borough launches ‘ethical debt collection’

11/17 News Roundup: Investment dips but borrowing climbs, MPs probe business rates delay, shared service accountability, Basildon property

05/17 News round-up: Cable slams council property investment, housing company skills, call to scrap LGPS

03/17 Treasury department faces uncertain future as tri-borough deal crumbles