Leicester

07/26 134 councils to become 38 unitaries: latest LGR decisions announced

02/26 Flood risk areas issue financial warning

12/25 North West Leicestershire’s reserves to fall to £10.5m

12/25 Leicestershire Pension Fund commits £120m to private debt strategies

11/25 Expanding city boundary key to £46m annual savings, says Leicester City Council

10/25 Cyberattacks and the implications for treasury management

08/25 Treasury management and the rise of Reform UK in local government

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

07/25 Five councils pulled up by social housing regulator for ‘serious failings’

07/25 Phone a friend: why treasury advisors are a lifeline, not a luxury

06/25 David Janes: local authority investment in low carbon energy

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

09/24 Nottingham agrees to ‘backstop audit opinion’ for accounts

09/24 UNISON: councils ‘teetering on the brink of financial disaster’

07/24 ‘Decade of renewal’: 20 authorities call for new government to save council housing

03/24 Leicester to purchase 225 properties to mitigate £23m homelessness pressures

02/24 Birmingham to pay back £1.3bn financial support through asset sales; ‘unprecedented’ savings programme unveiled

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

10/23 Birmingham commissioners appointed for five years, with Chris Tambini focusing on finance

05/23 Chris Tambini: why local government will keep rising to the challenges it faces

02/23 Swansea Pension Fund commits £40m to carbon offset fund

11/22 East Midlands councils face £181m funding gap

08/19 Extra £9m for councils to prepare for Brexit

07/19 Councils reveal fears over funding for services

06/19 Leicester pumps £7m more into property

03/19 A local income tax could empower councils – but there’s no free lunch?

02/18 Dan Bates: Settlement reveals fragility of the system and the need to speak up on fair funding

02/17 Leicester adds direct property investment to new treasury management strategy