Bellingham and Lewisham in the news
Like all local authorities, the London Borough of Lewisham accounts must be audited. Parliament has decided that there should be an opportunity for any one interested to inspect and make copies of the accounts and all relevant documents. This is enshrined in law, in Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. As …
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The current Chancellor of the Exchequer , Jeremy Hunt has warned “eye-watering” decisions lie ahead. The Treasury confirmed the chancellor will announce “further changes to fiscal policy” in the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan. The one certainty is that local government finance will be hit. The Institute of Government and the CIPFA have published their latest ‘Performance …
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Like all local authorities, the London Borough of Lewisham accounts must be audited. Parliament has decided that there should be an opportunity for any one interested to inspect and make copies of the accounts and all relevant documents, as stipulated in Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Lewisham Council’s draft accounts …
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Cllr Jim Mallory has announced that he will step down from Lewisham Council at the local elections to be held on Thursday, 5th May 2022. In a tweet, Lewisham Council Labour Group said: “Jim has been a principled, committed community champion of this Council since first elected in 1986. We thank him for all his …
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The Institute of Fiscal Studies has released a report on Covid-19 and Council funding called: ‘COVID-19 and English council funding: how are budgets being hit in 2020–21?’ The report looks at loss of income and the use of reserves in a range of local authorities. There are caveats but the IFS conclude that this is …
A package of funding has been agreed by the government and Transport for London. At a finance committee meeting on 12th May, Transport for London revealed that it had a shortfall in its budget of around £3.2 billion for this year, 2020/2021. The Department of Transport has announced the broad terms of deal: A grant …
The transport union, RMT has said that they expect a ‘surge’ in passengers on the London Underground and has insisted on two metre social distancing and limiting capacity on trains, following the Prime Minister’s statement. Mick Cash, General Secretary said: “This trade union will not sit back while confused and conflicting messaging from the government …
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