Oliver Rudgewick

PF reporter

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Recent articles

Kent to ‘curtail’ non-essential spending

Spending controls are needed to help Kent County Council meet a forecast £44m budget gap this year... Read more
Counties call for clarity over virtual school funding

Not increasing funding for virtual schools to match their new expanded remit could see them become... Read more
IFS: Public sector funding going against levelling up

The government’s failure to distribute local police, public health and council funding according to... Read more
LGPS pooling deadline ‘potentially very challenging’

Proposals mandating Local Government Pension Schemes to transfer their assets to pension pools in... Read more
Council prevents £6m of fraud in 2022-23

Monitoring right-to-buy applications stopped the fraudulent purchase of 34 homes owned by Ipswich... Read more
Ministers defend council funding

The government has insisted it “stands behind councils” in response to a critical report from MPs... Read more
Bristol drops proposed parking levy

The cost-of-living crisis and stalled progress on a mass transit system have prompted Bristol City... Read more
Welsh NHS chiefs call for ‘open and honest’ discussion about the future of services

Rising care demands and tightening budgets risk reducing the quality of Welsh care and ministers... Read more
Predecessors’ commercial investments ‘costing’ new unitary council

Now-defunct districts relying on short-term borrowing to finance commercial investments have left... Read more
LGPS pool launches emerging markets fund

A £700m fund for investment in emerging markets is hoped to help a Local Government Pension Scheme... Read more

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