Richmond upon Thames

09/26 Richmond expecting £24m of external borrowing in 2026/27

08/26 Four London boroughs warn their residents will pay more than half of mansion tax

07/26 Mansion tax a ‘blunt approach’ that treats residents as ‘cash cows’

01/26 Richmond calls for settlement ‘details’ to be fixed as more councils are ‘pushed to cliff edge’

09/25 Paul Woods: cutting legacy capital support is ‘unfair and damaging’

03/25 Richard Harbord: section 114 was never meant for today’s crisis

12/24 Air pollution: how a CCLA partnership is driving investor and local authority action

11/24 LGPS consultation- the open questions

11/24 Investment Forum highlights part two: grappling with tectonic plate changes

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

05/24  Government in talks with industry on LGPS fund mergers

05/24 Municipal Missions Manifesto: Richard Harbord

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

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 Government provides additional £3bn to support affordable housing delivery

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 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

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

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

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

09/23 Paul Guilliotti: ‘Net zero investment can’t be one size fits all’

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 Wandsworth Pension Fund invests in Octopus Energy Transition Fund

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

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?

10/22 London pension fund plans £80m investment in energy transition

09/22 DLUHC: the departmental in-tray

08/22 ‘Local government treated worse than any other part of public sector’

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

03/22 London LGPS funds investing £600m in renewables

03/19 Richmond to seek voluntary supplementary council tax contributions

03/19 Roberts takes up CIPFA local government role

09/18 Richmond votes for council tax exemption policy

05/18 Richard Harbord: A resounding status quo for policy after local elections

04/18 Changing the Guard: New Fed leadership and what’s ahead for the world’s most important central bank

03/18 Q&A: Kathleen Hughes of Goldman Sachs Asset Management on rates and Liquid Reserves Plus

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

08/17 Lancs merger of s151 and CEO roles sparks accountability row

03/17 Council attaches strings to pension pool participation

01/17 James Bevan: Tech stocks and the future of chips

01/17 Wandsworth and Richmond pension schemes to merge