Oliver Rudgewick

PF reporter

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Recent articles

Partly-owned council energy company incurs £4m of losses

An energy company partly owned by Warrington Borough Council reported losses of close to £4m last... Read more
Cost of ‘levelling up’ could hit £2trn

The cost of 'levelling-up' across the UK could cost as much as £2trn, similar to the cost of... Read more
Council showed ‘unaccountability’ over white elephant attraction

Westminster City Council’s management of an over-budget local attraction which has become a... Read more
Inter-council lending drops sharply

Short-term lending between local authorities dropped by more than 10% in the first quarter of this... Read more
Sunak pledges ‘no return to austerity’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged there will be “absolutely no return to austerity” in the... Read more
Treasury clarifies PWLB borrowing restrictions

Councils are allowed to use Public Works Loan Board borrowing to restructure existing... Read more
Fund reports £300,000 ‘suspected fraud’

Scotland’s largest Local Government Pension Scheme has reported a suspected £300,000 fraudulent... Read more
Covid-19 leads to 5% drop in value of Spelthorne's commercial portfolio

The value of Spelthorne Borough Council’s commercial portfolio shrank by 5% last year, as Covid-19... Read more
Proposed borrowing caps a ‘credit positive’

Government proposals to limit commercial investment by local authorities, including the potential... Read more
Edinburgh City Council criticised over traffic scheme governance

City of Edinburgh Council has failed to identify the potential costs of exiting emergency Covid-19... Read more

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