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10 Aug 18
In the last financial year the value of loans made by the Public Works Loan Board increased by 42%. The LGiU’s Jennifer Glover explains looks at why that might be.
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10 Aug 18
Funds from dormant bank account and inactive charitable trusts will be released to fund a range of community-focused and led initiatives, according to the government’s Civil Society Strategy.
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9 Aug 18
Lancashire County Council has delayed signing off its accounts for the last financial year after auditors raised concerns over the treatment of a £50m LOBO loan.
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6 Aug 18
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3 Aug 18
Mario Pisani and Neeraj Patel from the Treasury talk about their department and the Bank of England’s revamped working relationship, which aims to ensure the Bank is more resilient to...
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30 Jul 18
A new service means public service bodies could find the process of migrating to a new bank simpler than ever before
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28 Jun 18
Whole of Government Accounts for 2016-17 have been published today, showing the government’s liabilities outstripped its assets by £2.4 trillion.
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5 Jun 18
The government has made a loss of £2bn after selling 7.7% of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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23 May 18
Public sector net borrowing has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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9 May 18
A new publicly owned bank is to invest £2bn over the next decade to make Scotland’s economy fairer and more prosperous, the Scottish Government has said.
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4 May 18
Local authorities are struggling to repay loans as a result of a “pernicious” rule change by the Public Works Loan Board, a financial risk analysis website has said.
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2 May 18
Brexit is likely to hamper much-needed local government reform over the next 10 years, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told a conference this morning.
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11 Jan 18
In a new report, Time for change: Payment Practices in Local Government, Oxygen Finance examines local government payment performance and the complexities around resolving the issue of late payment.
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8 Jan 18
Some £330m from dormant bank and building society accounts will be distributed to charities and social programmes over the next four years, sport and civil society minister Tracey Crouch has said.
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13 Dec 17
It is unclear whether the Green Investment Bank achieved its aim to boost the UK’s green economy, according to the National Audit Office.
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12 Dec 17
The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney is to write to chancellor Philip Hammond to explain why the Consumer Prices Index has reached 3.1%.
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21 Nov 17
Public consultation on the Scottish Government’s plan for a Scottish National Investment Bank has ended with a plea from a left-of-centre think-tank to give the bank a clear social mission.
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12 Sep 17
The rate of inflation has hit 2.9% in August, higher than the 2.8% which was forecast, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
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18 Aug 17
The government’s sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australian business group Macquarie for £2.3bn has been confirmed today.
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17 Jul 17
The first sale of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland lost the government £1.9bn but was still value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
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26 Jun 17
Download this CIPFA Insight on accountability, performance, transformation and learning from the CIPFA FM Model.
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26 Jun 17
Download this CIPFA Insight on the role of medium-term financial planning in effective public financial management
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18 May 17
Lloyds Banking Group, which was bailed out with £20.3bn by the government, has now returned to private ownership, netting the public purse nearly £900m in the process.
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16 May 17
The UK inflation rate hit 2.7% in April - up from 2.3% in March, the Office for National Statistics has said.
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28 Apr 17
The Treasury has now recouped the £20.3bn of public money injected into Lloyds Banking Group during the financial crisis.
10 Aug 18In the last financial year the value of loans made by the Public Works Loan Board increased by 42%. The LGiU’s Jennifer Glover explains looks at why that might be.
10 Aug 18Funds from dormant bank account and inactive charitable trusts will be released to fund a range of community-focused and led initiatives, according to the government’s Civil Society Strategy.
9 Aug 18Lancashire County Council has delayed signing off its accounts for the last financial year after auditors raised concerns over the treatment of a £50m LOBO loan.
6 Aug 18
3 Aug 18Mario Pisani and Neeraj Patel from the Treasury talk about their department and the Bank of England’s revamped working relationship, which aims to ensure the Bank is more resilient to...
30 Jul 18A new service means public service bodies could find the process of migrating to a new bank simpler than ever before
28 Jun 18Whole of Government Accounts for 2016-17 have been published today, showing the government’s liabilities outstripped its assets by £2.4 trillion.
5 Jun 18The government has made a loss of £2bn after selling 7.7% of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
23 May 18Public sector net borrowing has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.
9 May 18A new publicly owned bank is to invest £2bn over the next decade to make Scotland’s economy fairer and more prosperous, the Scottish Government has said.
2 May 18Brexit is likely to hamper much-needed local government reform over the next 10 years, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told a conference this morning.
11 Jan 18In a new report, Time for change: Payment Practices in Local Government, Oxygen Finance examines local government payment performance and the complexities around resolving the issue of late payment.
8 Jan 18Some £330m from dormant bank and building society accounts will be distributed to charities and social programmes over the next four years, sport and civil society minister Tracey Crouch has said.
13 Dec 17It is unclear whether the Green Investment Bank achieved its aim to boost the UK’s green economy, according to the National Audit Office.
12 Dec 17The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney is to write to chancellor Philip Hammond to explain why the Consumer Prices Index has reached 3.1%.
26 Jun 17Download this CIPFA Insight on accountability, performance, transformation and learning from the CIPFA FM Model.
26 Jun 17Download this CIPFA Insight on the role of medium-term financial planning in effective public financial management
18 May 17Lloyds Banking Group, which was bailed out with £20.3bn by the government, has now returned to private ownership, netting the public purse nearly £900m in the process.
