2025 in review part one: January to June

As 2025 ends and 2026 begins, we reflect on the biggest news stories in local government finance, as covered by Room151. In the first of two parts, we take a month-by-month guide to the first half of the year.

Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.

January Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) borrowing rates had a turbulent start to 2025, climbing sharply over the first two to three weeks of

2025 in review part one: January to June

More from Jason Holland

Postponing council tax revaluation in Wales has wider impact

‘Clearer accountability’ needed amid supported housing gaps

Sharing investment will lead to greater digital innovation

Reports

LATIF Online October 2026

'Nothing in the formula reflects the reality we live in'

Fund governance needs independent challenge

Concerns over planned Scottish local government shake-up

LGPS funds consider the limits of s

Place-based investing: beyond Manchesterism

More from Funding

'Nothing in the formula reflects the reality we live in'

Concerns over planned Scottish local government shake-up

Postponing council tax revaluation in Wales has wider impact

Using data to support financial resilience

‘Unprecedented’ pressure: Westminster to shed 1 in 7 jobs

‘Clearer accountability’ needed amid supported housing gaps

Rural areas face ‘damaging’ fiscal devolution fall out

More from Funding

EFS debt alleviation mooted for Slough

Bedford: warnings over financial governance ‘tensions’

Sharing investment will lead to greater digital innovation

More from Jason Holland

Reports

Most read in Funding

More from Funding

More from Funding