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Jason Holland

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Commissioners to step in at Spelthorne – despite property portfolio generating £49m this year and reorganisation looming

Government Intervention

Dan Bates joins Room151 as head of research

Dan Bates

Nationalisation of services and ending private sector ‘exploitation’ – will government consider ‘radical’ solutions to fix finances?

Finance

Council on the brink to borrow over £50m to fund SEND deficit

SEND

Mark Finnegan interview: borrowing strategies, devolution and the future of treasury functions

Borrowing

Social housing inspections: where are authorities going wrong and how can this be put right?

Social Housing

Liverpool sees 12,000% rise in cost of homelessness services since 2019

Homelessness

10 things ChatGPT learnt about local government finance last week

AI

Finance settlement reaction: authorities ‘short’ on national insurance as council tax caution makes EFS ‘only game in town’

Finance Settlement

Government takes ‘strict approach’ on council tax increase requests as final finance settlement is unveiled

Finance Settlement

Dudley to borrow £40m more in 2024/25 to finance essential programmes

Borrowing

Exceptional financial support: where does it end?

EFS

It’s all about financing when it comes to housing targets – but councils and housing associations can meet challenges together: Anne Costain

Social Housing

Warrington receives S&P credit rating boost

Warrington

Gloucestershire Pension Fund invests £30m into homelessness property fund

Gloucestershire Pension Fund

Housing budgets could ‘collapse’ at two-thirds of councils, finds survey

Housing

Exceptional financial support no longer ‘exceptional’ – with policy reform the ‘only way out’: Owen Mapley

EFS

Year of change impacts s151 opinion in annual survey – but ‘very challenging’ outlook remains

s151
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Policy

Homelessness

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