One in five councils won’t be able to maintain an underborrowed position over the next year, survey finds

Just over a fifth of councils will need a significant amount of new external borrowing in the next year as they can no longer hold an underborrowed position.

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That’s according to Room151 and CCLA’s annual treasury and finance survey, which featured responses from section 151 officers, treasury managers, finance directors and other

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