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Councils could lose COVID cash over lack of data

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

English councils have been warned future funding to help reduce the spread of coronavirus could b...

The deal decision

By Dan Peters | 14 September 2021

The MJ rounds up the current state of play on devolution in England. Dan Peters reports.

Village hall to be used to house homeless

By Dan Peters | 10 September 2021

A village hall will be converted into homes for the homeless in a scheme that is thought to be a ...

Pickles praises mayors during pandemic

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2021

Former local government secretary Eric Pickles has admitted he was a ‘late convert’ to the idea o...

Coventry to take legal action over asylum

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2021

A council has been forced to take legal action over the Government’s use of hotels for asylum see...

Wait continues for resettlement scheme details

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2021

Key details of the new resettlement scheme for arriving Afghan refugees have still not been confi...

Government withholds core funding from LEPs

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2021

The Government is withholding the full year of core funding from local enterprise partnerships (L...

MHCLG housebuilding survey met with scepticism

By Dan Peters | 06 September 2021

A government survey designed to find out ‘any remaining barriers that may be stifling’ councils’ ...

Breckland goes it alone in wake of strategic partnership end

By Dan Peters | 03 September 2021

Breckland DC has failed to convince another Norfolk district to join it in a new strategic partne...

Districts call for government intervention over supported housing

By Dan Peters | 03 September 2021

Three out of five district councils fear they do not have enough good quality supported housing f...