Stephen Sheen: Audits worsen as watchdog demands improvement
The regulator’s efforts to upgrade audit is “piling up wreckage” in local government, according to Stephen Sheen.
Nathan Elvery: The CFO is only human
The pandemic has presented finance directors in local government with an extreme challenge. Nathan Elvery survey the qualities needed in the modern CFO.
Chris Buss: Summertime and the living ‘was’ easy
More than ever councils need an early settlement as well as certainty over the support they can expect from Whitehall over pandemic costs, writes Chris Buss.
Uncertainty forms ‘normality’ for local government finance and reform
Planning reforms, unitary authorities, council tax and lawful budgets all hold the prospect of considerable, though unknown, change, writes Richard Harbord. It is always a great pleasure to be asked[…]
Transparency project begins to shine a light on LGPS costs
The Cost Transparency Initiative was launched to reveal the true cost of running LGPS funds. One year on, Liam Robson offers a progress report. The LGPS has been at the[…]
Dealing with deferral requests for LGPS contributions
The pandemic has pushed many employers to request deferral of their contributions. Kirsty Bartlett and Susan Oakley offer guidance for administering authorities. As the country slowly unlocks, it is becoming[…]
LGPS: Why cost transparency matters
Sponsored article: Pat Sharman of CACEIS reveals the work behind a service that shines a light on costs in the Local Government Pensions Scheme. Room151: When and why did you[…]
Will we see a more regenerative form of capitalism?
Sponsored article: Abbie Llewellyn-Waters of Jupiter Asset Management explores the opportunity for capitalism to transform. It has become clear that we are at a precipice of change. The status quo[…]
Green growth, capitalism and stewardship all top the LGPS agenda
This quarter’s Room151 LGPS webinar sees experts explore issues such as green growth, stewardship and whether the pandemic will usher in a new form of capitalism. Aoifinn Devitt and Doug[…]
LGPS is on a ‘strong footing’ but challenges lay ahead
Recent research reveals LGPS staffers to be confident while finances are robust and deficits dramatically reduced. Tiffany Tsang writes that the scheme still needs to be on alert. Proposed reforms[…]
