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...Chris Moore, a director at Carmarthenshire county council, part of the Wales Pension Partnership, said private equity had been “an important holding” for local authorities and had “historically been challenging...
...Local authorities across England have called on the government to give them more powers to deal with empty properties and holiday homes, as cash-strapped councils turn to new methods to combat growing housing...
...Geoff Connell, director of digital services at Norfolk County Council, said the level of uncertainty was concerning....
...There will be greater debate over the industry’s priorities, such as reducing the size of train crews....
...And at the same time, you know, she says that she was let down by the Treasury and the Bank of England and the regulators, who failed to spot the fact that the pensions industry in the UK was like a tinderbox...
...“As part of trailblazer deals, we are also exploring the potential to provide single department-style settlements for mayoral combined authorities.”...
...As councils work to clear the backlog, homeowners are experiencing long delays....
...Consider, for example, the risk assessments regularly carried out for Shropshire county council, a local authority in the UK....
...At £1.4bn over 30 years, the North East’s proposed devolved investment fund is the most generous of the deals so far — equalling £47mn a year across seven local authorities....
...One reason customers are shifting to other modes of transport is that companies such as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have cut costs to the bone....
...We will also provide an additional £1 billion of funding to enable a further twelve-month extension to the Household Support Fund, helping Local Authorities to assist those who might otherwise fall through...
...Louise Smith, Norfolk County Council’s director of public health, said fewer smokers across England had set quit dates or stopped successfully during the pandemic, including in Great Yarmouth....
...He personally chaired the Prince’s Council, or board of directors, of the Duchy of Cornwall, which recorded net assets of £1.05bn and a surplus of £23mn in its 2022 report....
...The property market in his area of Norfolk is red hot due to the “race for space” and the staycation boom, which has seen many traditional lets convert to Airbnbs....
...“Three of the deadliest structural collapses in the last 10 years occurred in one county. That’s not even including the other structural failures that were not deadly. One county, dude....
...One of the biggest challenges is the patchwork of rules governing planning, which mean that retrofit projects that are permissible in one local authority might be forbidden in the neighbouring council, she...
...From October to the end of 2022, concerted tree planting is to be encouraged across Britain through those important local conduits, the Lord-Lieutenant of each county....
...Hargreaves’ customers account for a fifth of Woodford’s £10.6bn under management June 2019 Kent county council pension fund tries to redeem its £263m investment mandate, prompting Mr Woodford to close...
...Robert Carnwath, one of the Supreme Court justices, said that investment decisions by the pension funds were “judgments to be made by the administering authority not by the secretary of state” and ruled...
...The pandemic raises other serious challenges, notably the fears of many clients about their investments, their pensions and, for some, their jobs....
...Two years after its foundation, Border to Coast is now regulated as an asset manager for its 11 local authority pension schemes, including Cumbria county council, Bedfordshire Pension Fund and South Yorkshire...
...A former shipbuilding stronghold, the city was also one of the few council areas in Scotland to vote Yes to independence in the 2014 referendum....
...Residents were told of the decision in 2013, and “overnight lost their livelihoods,” says Michael Phillips, a coastal expert who advised the local Gwynedd county council about Fairbourne....
...The local authorities with the highest ratio of second homes include: the City of London (26.5 per cent); North Norfolk (9.9 per cent); Isles of Scilly (8.6 per cent); Gwynedd (8.4 per cent); South Hams...
...About £400m of cultural spending has been cut by county councils since 2011. In the trauma of lockdown we have all benefited from access to art and music, drama and storytelling....
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