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21 Mar 14
Plans to create a municipal bond agency could save councils nearly £1.5bn in lower borrowing costs, according to the latest analysis by the Local Government Association
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17 Feb 14
Plans to create a municipal bond agency could require closer monitoring of local government by the Treasury to replicate the triple-A ratings received by similar agencies elsewhere, analysts at Moody...
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20 Jan 14
The Local Government Association has today appointed a panel of advisors to develop its business case for a municipal bonds agency
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3 Dec 13
A Municipal Bond Agency would free up local authorities to invest in housing and other services, without adding to government debt. But some key reforms to the borrowing rules will be needed
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2 Dec 13
Councils have been warned they will need to set out details of their long-term borrowing plans if a proposed municipal bonds agency is to successfully provide town halls with cheaper finance.
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28 Nov 13
Plans to set up a local government bonds agency could be ‘strangled at birth’, councils involved in the project have told Public Finance
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22 Nov 13
Councils are backing plans to create a Scandinavian-style collective municipal bond agency, which would offer local government cheaper borrowing to fund projects such as new housing and road...
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5 Jul 13
Local Government Association chair Sir Merrick Cockell has urged councils to come forward to help form a municipal bonds agency.
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31 May 13
Plans to establish a municipal bonds agency for local government could provide cheaper borrowing for councils than the Public Works Loan Board, an international expert has told Public Finance.
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25 Mar 13
Councils in the North of England should issue a collective municipal bond to raise funds for capital projects, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today.
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1 Mar 13
The Local Government Association has urged the Treasury to back plans for a municipal bonds agency in the Budget, warning that councils could miss out on investment from pension funds if ministers...
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26 Sep 12
A group of councils are considering the first major local government bond issue since the 1980s as part of proposals to back a range of green energy projects.
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3 Aug 12
Councils will have to give the government details of their borrowing plans to qualify for the lower Public Works Loan Board interest rates announced in the Budget, it has been revealed.
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29 Jun 12
A collective local government bond could be issued as early as 2014, the Local Government Association conference was told yesterday.
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26 Apr 12
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26 Mar 12
The interest rate cut for some local authority borrowing could scupper councils’ plans to issue bonds to raise funds for infrastructure projects, Public Finance has learned.
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12 Mar 12
Councils have called on the chancellor to use next week’s Budget to make it easier for them to issue bonds to pay for vital infrastructure.
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17 Feb 12
English councils are considering issuing small local bonds to raise funds for essential capital projects, according to the New Local Government Network.
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14 Dec 11
Local authorities have been warned that they will need to guarantee each others’ debts if a new local authority bond agency is to get the top credit rating needed to make the plans viable.
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6 Dec 11
Councils could rescue infrastructure projects from government cuts by issuing bonds, according to the New Local Government Network.
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15 Nov 11
An extension to the London underground network could be one of the projects given the go-ahead after a London council was awarded two top credit ratings.
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4 Nov 11
The Local Government Association will next month announce plans for a bond club arrangement that could allow councils to jointly borrow from financial markets.
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1 Nov 11
Wandsworth has put on hold its plan to issue a council bond to finance housing improvements. But the London borough's finance director believes that this form of borrowing still has a role to...
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11 Oct 11
Birmingham City Council has been given a triple-A credit rating by one of the world’s biggest rating agencies as the authority positions itself to borrow money from financial markets.
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6 Oct 11
An aide to Chancellor George Osborne has said that he would be 'very reluctant' to see councils raise finance from the bond market.
21 Mar 14Plans to create a municipal bond agency could save councils nearly £1.5bn in lower borrowing costs, according to the latest analysis by the Local Government Association
3 Dec 13A Municipal Bond Agency would free up local authorities to invest in housing and other services, without adding to government debt. But some key reforms to the borrowing rules will be needed
2 Dec 13Councils have been warned they will need to set out details of their long-term borrowing plans if a proposed municipal bonds agency is to successfully provide town halls with cheaper finance.
28 Nov 13Plans to set up a local government bonds agency could be ‘strangled at birth’, councils involved in the project have told Public Finance
22 Nov 13Councils are backing plans to create a Scandinavian-style collective municipal bond agency, which would offer local government cheaper borrowing to fund projects such as new housing and road...
5 Jul 13Local Government Association chair Sir Merrick Cockell has urged councils to come forward to help form a municipal bonds agency.
25 Mar 13Councils in the North of England should issue a collective municipal bond to raise funds for capital projects, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today.
1 Mar 13The Local Government Association has urged the Treasury to back plans for a municipal bonds agency in the Budget, warning that councils could miss out on investment from pension funds if ministers...
26 Sep 12A group of councils are considering the first major local government bond issue since the 1980s as part of proposals to back a range of green energy projects.
26 Mar 12The interest rate cut for some local authority borrowing could scupper councils’ plans to issue bonds to raise funds for infrastructure projects, Public Finance has learned.
17 Feb 12English councils are considering issuing small local bonds to raise funds for essential capital projects, according to the New Local Government Network.
14 Dec 11Local authorities have been warned that they will need to guarantee each others’ debts if a new local authority bond agency is to get the top credit rating needed to make the plans viable.
4 Nov 11The Local Government Association will next month announce plans for a bond club arrangement that could allow councils to jointly borrow from financial markets.
1 Nov 11Wandsworth has put on hold its plan to issue a council bond to finance housing improvements. But the London borough's finance director believes that this form of borrowing still has a role to...
11 Oct 11Birmingham City Council has been given a triple-A credit rating by one of the world’s biggest rating agencies as the authority positions itself to borrow money from financial markets.
6 Oct 11An aide to Chancellor George Osborne has said that he would be 'very reluctant' to see councils raise finance from the bond market.
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