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Calls for UKSPF funding flexibility

By Martin Ford and Mark Conrad | 16 November 2022

Local government has asked Whitehall to reprofile cash from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)...

'Don't scrap Ukraine homes scheme'

By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022

The Government has been urged not to scrap the Homes for Ukraine scheme amid reports it could fal...

Councils are chasing the cash

By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022

As local authorities await the details of the Autumn Statement, Martin Ford tests the water for v...

Council tax hikes won't be enough, Hunt warned

By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022

Council tax rises alone will not be enough to bridge the gaping budget shortfalls faced by local ...

'Left behind' areas risk losing out on levelling up funding

By Martin Ford | 15 November 2022

The Levelling Up Fund and other pots based on a bidding process risk allocating money according t...

Asylum hotel injunctions rejected

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2022

The High Court has rejected two applications for injunctions to block the use of hotels as accomm...

Counties in bankruptcy warning

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2022

Hampshire and Kent CC leaders have said they will be forced to issue Section 114 notices within t...

Two councils face eight-figure overspends

By Martin Ford | 11 November 2022

Rotherham MBC and Derby City Council are expecting to make 'significant' use of reserves to balan...

Fife chief announces retirement

By Martin Ford | 11 November 2022

Fife Council has begun the search for a new chief executive following the announcement that Steve...

'Multiple opportunities' missed to prevent Grenfell fire

By Martin Ford | 10 November 2022

In written evidence to the inquiry into the June 2017 fire, Kensington & Chelsea LBC said it ‘apo...