Colin Marrs

Public Finance editor

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£266bn approved cash to ease coronavirus cash flow issues

Government has increased the amount available to Whitehall departments for contingency funding to £... Read more
Councils coronavirus Q&A with Andy Burns, CIPFA

Council finance officers around the UK are joining the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. PF... Read more
Edinburgh allocates £2m for coronavirus fight

City of Edinburgh Council has allocated £2m of a £7.43m award from the Scottish Government’s recent... Read more
Treasury confirms discount rate for housing borrowing

The Treasury has written to local authority finance officers to confirm a new discount rate for... Read more
Councils pile back into PWLB following coronavirus rate drop

Local authorities dived back into Public Works Loan Board borrowing this week after the interest... Read more
Bond agency launch beats PWLB by more than one percentage point

The Municipal Bonds Agency today issued its inaugural bond at a rate of just over 1% -... Read more
LGPS funds given discretion over employer exit payments

The government has unveiled measures giving Local Government Pension Scheme funds greater control... Read more

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