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Skip to Main Content (George Graham) The government’s review of LGPS governance displays a lack of ambition, argues George Graham, independent chair of the Lincolnshire Pension Board and director at G Cube Consulting. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.

Skip to Main Content (Shutterstock) Andy Burnham’s government has pledged the biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period – but how will this be funded and what can be done to help councils get building? Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.

Skip to Main Content (Shutterstock) Stripping adult social care from council budgets would open the door for fundamental council tax reform by avoiding the political backlash that would otherwise be inevitable, according to new analysis. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.

Skip to Main Content Keeping the LGPS as an open DB scheme will be vital if the scheme is to remain a major investor in local communities, according to a new report by industry group Pensions UK Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.

There are just a few days left to take Room151’s annual treasury investment and current affairs survey, and local government finance officers who have not already done so are encouraged to make their voice heard. The survey, sponsored by CCLA Investment Management, allows treasury managers, principal accountants, director of resources and s151/deputy s151 officers to have their say on funding changes, borrowing and investments, local government reorganisation, fiscal devolution, and more.

Scottish local government is to be overhauled as part of the “most radical re-shaping of public services” since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site. Subscribe Unveiling his programme for government this afternoon, first minister John Swinney said he wanted to see a “rebalancing of power” with a strengthened role

Mandy Kaur-Sadler, the recently appointed independent person to the West Midlands Pension Fund and Worcestershire Pension Fund, shares her expectations for the new statutory oversight role. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site. Subscribe When the government announced the creation of a dedicated independent person role within its Fit for the Future reforms, opened up a new debate

People first, then process, and only then technology and data: that people-led approach is the formula for successful digital transformation, according to Ed Garcez, chief technology officer at Swindon Borough Council.

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Skip to Main Content (Shutterstock) Changes to Warrington Borough Council’s adult social care provision could account for £34m of a total of £51.2m in savings in the latest set of proposals at the authority. Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.