Surrey

06/26 Surrey receives MHCLG approval to become SPPA

05/26 Interim statutory officers designated at West Surrey Shadow Authority

05/26 Ministers ‘will not arbitrate’ on Surrey disaggregation

05/26 Dan Bates: the opening day financial positions of new unitaries

04/26 Dan Bates: why city-led growth hubs are dominating LGR decisions

03/26 S151s should ‘be subject to proper scrutiny’ during LGR, claims MP

02/26 EFS ‘important step’ in Woking’s contribution to new West Surrey unitary

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

12/25 Kent considers move to SPPA ahead of local government reorganisation

12/25 Surrey Pension Fund seeks advice on divestment from companies linked to Gaza genocide

12/25 Surrey Pension Fund receives council backing to form SPPA

11/25 Pooling: why the game of musical chairs may not be over yet

11/25 Woking finance commissioner reappointed

10/25 Woking and Spelthorne to be exempt from Section 24 directions as part of LGR

10/25 Council networks react to Surrey LGR decision

10/25 Two-unitary Surrey LGR proposal chosen as government repays £500m of Woking’s debt

10/25 Surrey Pension Fund votes to become Single Purpose Pension Authority

10/25 Dan Bates: observations on the Devolution Priority Programme proposals

10/25 LGR decision in Surrey delayed to late October

10/25 Local government devolution, reorganisation, and technology   

09/25 Dan Bates: what now for local government reorganisation?

09/25 Surrey Heath disposes of assets to reduce debt burden

09/25 Future of council reforms unclear after McMahon’s dismissal

09/25 LGPS funds face legal challenge over links to Israeli human rights abuses

08/25 Chris Buss: ‘Yes, Deputy Prime Minister’

08/25 Local authority debt in the spotlight as £2.9bn of assets sold in two years

08/25 Councils divided over impact of Fair Funding Review 2.0

08/25 Surrey under pressure to divest from companies funding war in Gaza

07/25 Surrey Pension Fund appoints new finance and stewardship managers

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

07/25 Equities: how the US Taco trade caused a headache for LGPS investors

07/25 Are LGPS investors turning their backs on equities?

06/25 Border to Coast partner funds shifts £911m equity holding from active to passive

06/25 Lothian Pension Fund appoints Denise Le Gal to LPFE and LPFI boards

06/25 Government reaffirms support for Woking’s irrecoverable debt

05/25 Authorities face volatility as short-term debt becomes default option

05/25 Surrey to ‘consider’ long-term borrowing for increased cost certainty

05/25 Geoff Wild: the realities of leading a council without a majority

05/25 LGR and the LGPS: disruption or opportunity?

05/25 LGR ‘financially beneficial’ but won’t plug Surrey’s projected budget gap

05/25 Woking and Thurrock to receive debt bailouts from government

03/25 Commissioners to step in at Spelthorne – despite property portfolio generating £49m this year and reorganisation looming

03/25 McMahon pitches LGR as a solution but refuses to address council debt question

01/25 Reorganising to survive: can devolution solve local government’s financial crisis?

01/25 Debt in reorganisation bids to be treated ‘differently in different areas’

12/24 Chris Buss: we’ve started, so we’ll finish – or will they?

12/24 LGPS consultation sparks debate on power shift and pool governance

11/24 ‘Broadly welcome’ or potential for ‘chaos’? Mixed local authority response to LGPS reforms

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

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

09/24 Jim McMahon to speak at Room151’s LGPS Investment Forum

07/24 The case for UK equities: growth on our doorstep

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

06/24 LGPS and private markets: the de-risking paradox

06/24 Private Debt June Roundtable: new horizons

06/24 IN PICTURES: highlights of the 2024 Private Markets Forum

06/24 Private Markets Forum II: new challenges, new strategies

05/24 PLSA appoints LGPS industry experts to policy committee

05/24 Municipal Missions Manifesto: Richard Harbord

04/24 New £3.6m match-fund scheme for care leavers can ‘transform lives’

03/24 Budget focuses on devolution and productivity rather than ‘addressing extreme financial pressures’ facing local government

03/24 ‘We need more clarity on governance’, LGPS investors tell government

02/24 Leigh Whitehouse confirmed as interim Surrey chief executive as £53m is found in efficiencies to deliver balanced budget

01/24 Former finance director appointed as LGA chief executive

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 GLA helps PIC invest £50m in London’s affordable housing

10/23 Extraordinary government support needed to ease Bradford Council’s ‘financial emergency’

10/23 Pension funds at PLSA: ‘levelling up agenda not our job’

10/23 Leigh Whitehouse interview: councils have ‘got the power to get through’ financial difficulty

09/23 LATIF and Finance Directors’ Summit in review: finding solutions to a sea of challenges

08/23 Surrey’s net zero target: progress on alternatives and speaking to climate activists

08/23 Border to Coast launches £700m emerging markets fund

08/23 Government confirms transfer of LEP functions to local authorities

06/23 PLSA Local Authority Conference: LGPS investors wary of mandatory consolidation

06/23 Natural capital, housing and levelling up on the agenda at Private Markets Forum

06/23 Councils refrain from PWLB borrowing due to economic instability

06/23 Woking: where did it all go wrong?

11/22 Neil Mason appointed chair of PLSA local authority committee

06/22 Low earners at Surrey County Council receive 7.85% pay increase

04/22 Social care reforms to cost Surrey more than £1.2bn over 12 years

04/22 Time to pause adult social care proposals

03/22 Surrey to receive £100m SEND support from DfE

03/22 Border to Coast launches £1.4bn listed alternatives fund

03/22 Counting the infrastructure costs for county councils

02/21 Room151 panel backs unitary councils and devolution

11/20 Speakers revealed for 12th annual LATIF and FDs’ Summit

09/20 Local government reorganisation: The debate is intense but is the case for reform proven?

08/20 Devolution: The structural and economic challenges

07/20 Pandemic patterns: Research reveals a diversity of effects on local government finances

07/20 Pandemic finances: A testing time for local and central government relations

06/20 Spelthorne: Setting the record straight on commercial investments

07/19 Legal services joint venture collapses

05/19 Surrey avoids planned reserves raid

05/19 Surrey calls a halt to investing outside its borders

04/19 Surrey voices uncertainty on LGPS pooling draft guidance

04/19 Neil Mason: Football and pension funds – the need to identify core principles

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

03/19 Surrey sees of SEND legal challenge

11/18 Financing measures could help “core offer” council

11/18 50 authorities miss accounts deadline, says PSAA report

11/18 Guildford drops student housing investment plan

09/18 Surrey failings lead to major restructure

08/18 Surrey CC appoints new FD

08/18 SLT romps to victory in charity cup

08/18 Steve Winterflood: The changing nature of local government authority

08/18 Surrey appoints interim finance director

07/18 Surrey FD departs as the county grapples with budget overspend

07/18 Denise Le Gal: The case for shared administration and data cleansing in LGPS

07/18 Border to Coast appoints engagement manager

05/18 Speakers revealed for 10th Local Authority Treasurers Investment Forum and FD’s Summit

04/18 Lib Dems slam use of property profits at Surrey County Council

04/18 LGPS Pools Roundup: Access appoints Link, CIO for Border to Coast, Central launches funds, new chair for Northern Pool

01/18 Border to Coast appoints interim CIO

01/18 LGPS Pools Roundup: Access operator, BTC Interim CIO, Central recruits four, London CIV loses CIO

11/17 LGPS funds face decade of low returns

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

07/17 John Harrison: Hidden risks in the pooling process

06/17 News round-up: LGPS up 21%, PWLB lending falls, Surrey lighting scheme, Street name rights

05/17 Regulator declines to offer guidance on LGPS and climate change

05/17 News round-up: PWLB borrowing jumps, Labour’s leaked local government policy, LGPS Central’s new chair, Surrey’s underspend

04/17 Agent151: Funding and a ‘gentleman’s agreement’

04/17 John Harrison: The future of active management in the LGPS

04/17 News round-up: Surrey’s property strategy slammed, Post-Brexit immigration curbs, LGPS academy concerns

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

02/17 Surrey’s cancelled referendum: good for Surrey, no change for everyone else

02/17 News round-up: Surrey denies ‘sweetheart deal’, outsourcing spike, IR35 ’emergency’, Islington says postpone rates revaluation

01/17 Richard Harbord: Slow work on business rates and Surrey’s council tax referendum

01/17 John Harrison: Rethinking asset allocation