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HomeMunicipal Finance

Barclays and the question of reliance

25 February 2022Municipal FinanceBarclays, litigation, LOBOs, Newham councilNick Dunbar

An eve-of-trial settlement between Newham Council and Barclays brings a decade-long saga to an end but leaves open a key question in UK law.

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Which councils will go bust next?

25 February 2021Municipal Financeliquidity, LOBOs, local governmentNick Dunbar

UK councils are at the front line of the pandemic, but financial mismanagement is adding to their woes. Risky Finance has compiled a list of English authorities mostly likely to be on the receiving end of a government bailout.

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Argentina’s local debt puzzle

28 January 2020Economics, Municipal FinanceArgentina, Emerging markets, sub-sovereignsNick Dunbar

Sub-sovereign or regional debt is normally viewed as riskier than the sovereign. But default-prone Argentina has pushed this thesis to breaking point.

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The year that transformed Britain’s LOBO landscape

12 July 2019Municipal FinanceLOBOs, Newham council, RBSNick Dunbar

Gauging the significance of the LOBO redemption wave

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Should councils pay interest penalties on government loans?

26 April 2018Municipal FinanceNick Dunbar

Market-based loan repayment penalties imposed by the UK government are being blamed for worsening pressures faced by local councils, and incentivising property speculation. Now calls are being made to reform the system.

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UK local authority debt in six charts

20 March 2017Municipal Financeinterest rates, LOBOs, local governmentNick Dunbar

Dozens of UK councils are paying a significant proportion of tax revenues in debt interest payments, and the burden is worsened by record low interest rates

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Lost Lobos Part 2

19 January 2016Municipal FinanceKent council, LOBOs, municipal finance, Newham council, Redcar & Cleveland councilNick Dunbar

When I was in my twenties, I worked on a film being shot on location in the London borough of Newham. The film itself, which starred Jude Law and Sadie Frost, was forgettable, but one memory that stayed with me was the all-pervading smell of refined sugar from the nearby Tate & Lyle factory by the river Thames.

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