LGR reaction, debt backlash and EFS worry: Room151 survey highlights revealed

The biggest risks in local government finance, a backlash over debt write-offs as part of LGR, and a distaste for EFS were revealed in Room151’s annual treasury and finance survey.

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Richard Sankey, client investment director at CCLA, delivered some of the key highlights from the survey of section 151 officers, treasury managers, finance directors

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