News-in-Brief

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has marked a milestone in its investments to private markets, hitting £23.2bn.    With an additional £5.2bn committed and called Series ‘3B’, the private markets programme

At least 80% of respondents agreed with proposals outlined in a consultation on ending pension fund investments in companies linked to conflict and human

Leicestershire County Council is seeking legal advice over the government’s decision on local government reorganisation (LGR), which would see the Leicester City boundary expanded. 

North Yorkshire Council is forecasting an overspend of £10.3m – 1.58% of its net budget – this financial year, driven by a surge in

The leaders of four London boroughs have written to the government warning that the proposed ‘mansion tax’ could mean their residents paying around £270m.

Nathan Yeowell, chair of the Greater Gwent (Torfaen) Pension Fund, has been appointed as special adviser to the prime minister Andy Burnham.  His new

Hertfordshire County Council took on new long-term borrowing of £215m during 2025/26. This included £130.6m to fund the authority’s capital programme, and £84.4m to

Governance at Clackmannanshire Council is to be strengthened after the authority was given a warning over its repeated failure to meet its accounts deadline.

Councils raised over £1.6bn from Right to Buy sales last year, double the figure from the previous year, as tenants rushed to purchase properties

West Surrey Shadow Authority councillors will make a formal request to government to change the official name of the authority from 'West Surrey Council'

Medway Council has projected a £26.7m overspend in 2026/27, a revenue monitoring report showed. The first round forecast outturn for 2026/27 showed a pressure

North Northamptonshire Council has called for a funding system that “reflects the reality” of dramatically increased demand for services, after a Q1 financial monitoring

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council has appointed Nemashe  Sivayogan as head of pension fund investment, treasury and capital finance.  In her new

Doncaster Council has projected a £6.2m overspend for the 2026/27 financial year as of month two, a financial monitoring report showed. This includes several

The Leeds-based pool has entered a new collaboration with single family home provider Leaf Living aimed at meeting demand for new homes in the

Border to Coast has expanded its alternatives team at it seeks to expand its in-house investment capabilities. The pool has appointed Jonathan Summersgill as

The government’s devolution proposals have the potential to drive regional growth by handing greater power to local leaders, according to CIPFA chief executive Owen

A “culture of weak financial management and governance” risks leaving Hillingdon Council dependent on government bailouts for years to come, according to a CIPFA

Rutland Council is predicting an overspend of £2.3m against budget for the first quarter of the year, fuelled by demand-led pressures and income volatility.

Rikin Tailor has been confirmed as the new strategic director, resources and section 151 officer at the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Tailor has

Inverclyde Council has partnered with TechnologyOne for a new cloud-based finance system upgrade to support more efficient and resilient services. TechnologyOne’s council financials and

Spelthorne Borough Council is set to sell off a flagship office building at a significant loss as part of efforts to shrink its debt

West Suffolk Council is set to receive a £8.7m loan from the National Wealth Fund to finance the creation of an Advanced Manufacturing and

An LGPS Central partner fund has invested £10m into the Resonance Housing Pathways Fund which has been launched to tackle homelessness. The £3.6bn Oxfordshire

Kent Pension Fund, one of seven funds who have recently joined the £120bn LGPS pool will in future host the pool’s joint committee secretariat