We hear a lot about the financial pressures facing local authorities. What we hear less about is the £8.1bn in unspent Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds currently sitting in council bank accounts across England.
That figure comes from the last government's own data. It's money already committed for community benefit – to fund affordable housing, parks and infrastructure, youth centres, community skills, public services. But it's not being spent. Not fast enough. Not widely enough. Not transparently enough.
