Colin Marrs

Public Finance editor

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Recent articles

£100m plan to slash council’s office space by three quarters

A unitary authority has unveiled plans to spend more than £100m on slashing its office space by... Read more
UKMBA chairman: ‘No prospect of agency closure’

The Municipal Bonds Agency is not in any danger of closing, and could issue an ESG bond later this... Read more
Building trust: How Grenfell Tower's council is involving residents in financial decision-making

Kensington & Chelsea’s Grenfell tragedy response means opening up to residents over the... Read more
Cummings slams 'useless' Whitehall procurement system

Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former adviser, described the Department of Health’s... Read more
Court: Councils obliged to meet burdensome finance data requests

A council acted unlawfully by refusing a resident access to thousands of financial documents on the... Read more
Court: £85m council solar farm investment made 'on false prospectus'

Thurrock Council invested £85m in a solar farm scheme based on a "materially false” prospectus that... Read more
Budget 2021: Sunak outlines tax roadmap

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced planned tax measures – phased in over the next four years –... Read more
New Homes Bonus rewards could be skewed towards low value areas

The New Homes Bonus could be reformed to help councils fund infrastructure in areas with lower land... Read more
Little rest: Interview with Cat Little, director-general of public spending at the Treasury

Cat Little had a baptism of fire after joining the Treasury in March 2020. From PPE purchasing... Read more
Councils face extra data burden on commercial property

Local authorities could be required to provide central government with extra details on their... Read more

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