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Local Government Reorganisation creates major treasury challenges in debt, investments, reserves and operations. Without early planning, risks of disputes, delays and misstatements grow. This insight shares Arlingclose’s best practice for reorganisation, ensuring councils achieve resilient, compliant and sustainable treasury arrangements through a smooth financial transition.
GMCA has won a landmark Subsidy Control Act case over two major development loans. Most authorities lack GMCA’s scale or track record, and without independent market evidence as set out in the Statutory Guidance, the same approach could leave your authority exposed.
This article examines the potential resurgence of financial repression as a tool for managing high sovereign debt, analysing historical precedents, current policy trends, and risks, while outlining implications for interest rates, banking, fiscal sustainability, and macro-financial forecasting.
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Persistently high insolvencies underline elevated risks for councils and corporates involved in lending or investment decisions. Arlingclose provides robust, independent due diligence, combining detailed financial analysis and practical safeguards for better informed decisions and risk mitigation.
The ‘Graph of Doom’ illustrates how rising statutory care costs and constrained council income could eliminate funding for discretionary services. Though not a prediction, it highlights the urgent need to address local government’s long-term structural funding challenges.
NATO's new defence spending target of 5% of GDP poses significant fiscal challenges for the UK, highlighting tensions between military ambitions, fiscal rules, and economic realities.
Using capital receipts to reduce the Capital Financing Requirement can lower future Minimum Revenue Provision charges, but authorities must apply this approach prudently, consistently, and transparently through their approved MRP policy.
MHCLG’s March 2025 data shows local authority investments fell 5% year-on-year to £41.3bn, continuing a post-pandemic decline. This highlights a shift in treasury priorities in response to financial pressures and evolving market conditions.
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