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15 Feb 19
Spelthorne Borough Council will drop its controversial commercial property investment strategy to focus on housebuilding.
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15 Jan 19
The government must improve its oversight of governance in local authorities as they struggle with increased financial and demand pressure, England’s spending watchdog has urged.
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4 Jan 19
Northamptonshire County Council has repaid a loan taken out with a neighbouring county.
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27 Nov 18
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has called for an investigation into controversial LOBO loans held by many local authorities.
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26 Nov 18
The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
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23 Nov 18
An attempt to improve public finances by selling off student loans could have in fact damaged them, according to a group of MPs.
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13 Nov 18
Councils have been granted a statutory override on accounting changes to pooled investments for five years, despite most stakeholders opposing a time-limited period.
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12 Nov 18
Like farmers, we need to monitor the signs carefully and plan accordingly to take control where we can and improve our odds of success, says financial adviser Bob Swarup.
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7 Nov 18
Many redevelopment schemes in the UK put the onus on corporate profit at the cost of local communities but other countries show there is another way, argues Genevieve Maitland Hudson of Social...
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31 Oct 18
Forthcoming CIPFA guidance on commercial property investment will aim to keep local authorities ‘out of the headlines’.
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18 Oct 18
CIPFA is to work on fresh guidance over concerns councils in England are putting public funds at “unnecessary or unquantified risk” when borrowing to invest in commercial property.
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24 Sep 18
Labour will “reprogramme” the Treasury to transform public sector investment, the shadow chancellor has said.
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13 Sep 18
The Treasury is increasingly cut off from local public service leaders and is staffed by young, inexperienced civil servants, a think-tank has warned.
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29 Aug 18
The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
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16 Aug 18
Warrington Borough Council faces a delayed sign off of its accounts following an objection over an investment in a bank.
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14 Aug 18
The union Unite has condemned a cash-strapped council for proposing staff take two days compulsory unpaid leave.
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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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30 Jul 18
Councils and other government bodies are “over-zealous” and “uncompromising” in the way they pursue financially vulnerable people over unpaid debt, MPs have said.
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23 Jul 18
With questions being asked about the future of the Public Works Loan Board, PF takes a look at some of the other ways local authorities can raise funds.
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17 Jul 18
Councils will take Barclays bank to court over controversial LOBO loans amid accusations of fraud, it has been revealed.
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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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25 Jun 18
The Scottish Government has added £66m to the country’s reserves to protect against future budget volatility and constraints in the fiscal framework.
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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
Northamptonshire County Council could face a 60% higher bill than expected for misspend public health grants, an independent audit report has found.
15 Feb 19Spelthorne Borough Council will drop its controversial commercial property investment strategy to focus on housebuilding.
15 Jan 19The government must improve its oversight of governance in local authorities as they struggle with increased financial and demand pressure, England’s spending watchdog has urged.
4 Jan 19Northamptonshire County Council has repaid a loan taken out with a neighbouring county.
27 Nov 18Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has called for an investigation into controversial LOBO loans held by many local authorities.
26 Nov 18The Treasury’s focus on controlling public spending in the short term risks value for money over the long term, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
23 Nov 18An attempt to improve public finances by selling off student loans could have in fact damaged them, according to a group of MPs.
13 Nov 18Councils have been granted a statutory override on accounting changes to pooled investments for five years, despite most stakeholders opposing a time-limited period.
12 Nov 18Like farmers, we need to monitor the signs carefully and plan accordingly to take control where we can and improve our odds of success, says financial adviser Bob Swarup.
7 Nov 18Many redevelopment schemes in the UK put the onus on corporate profit at the cost of local communities but other countries show there is another way, argues Genevieve Maitland Hudson of Social...
31 Oct 18Forthcoming CIPFA guidance on commercial property investment will aim to keep local authorities ‘out of the headlines’.
18 Oct 18CIPFA is to work on fresh guidance over concerns councils in England are putting public funds at “unnecessary or unquantified risk” when borrowing to invest in commercial property.
24 Sep 18Labour will “reprogramme” the Treasury to transform public sector investment, the shadow chancellor has said.
29 Aug 18The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
16 Aug 18Warrington Borough Council faces a delayed sign off of its accounts following an objection over an investment in a bank.
14 Aug 18The union Unite has condemned a cash-strapped council for proposing staff take two days compulsory unpaid leave.
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
23 Jul 18With questions being asked about the future of the Public Works Loan Board, PF takes a look at some of the other ways local authorities can raise funds.
17 Jul 18Councils will take Barclays bank to court over controversial LOBO loans amid accusations of fraud, it has been revealed.
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.
25 Jun 18The Scottish Government has added £66m to the country’s reserves to protect against future budget volatility and constraints in the fiscal framework.
5 Jun 18The government has made a loss of £2bn after selling 7.7% of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
