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Low PWLB rates prompt councils to go longer on debt

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Councils used millions of pounds in loans from the Public Works Loan Board in January to convert short-term debt into longer-term borrowing. Government figures

A large cohort of CFOs have been put back into a “washing machine of turmoil” following the government’s decision to pause and review local government reorganisation (LGR).

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