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Is the PWLB structure limiting councils’ role in the growth agenda?

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Does HM Treasury fully understand “just how much of an influence” Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) rates and its structure have on what other borrowing is available to local authorities?

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At Room151’s LATIF event in London last week (18 September), Tim Seagrave, commercial finance lead at Manchester City Council, said he was not entirely

What skills, knowledge and experience does a treasury manager take with them when they retire, and how might these come into play once they are no longer managing the finances of an authority, but their own? Can this show us anything about local government treasury management?

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