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In The MJ this week, we look at the mounting challenges facing the Government's hopes of 10,000 new homes coming from councils each year.

We also report on calls for MPs to mount a campaign for council funding by an LGA vice-president.

And an inquiry is launched into children's services funding, with Budget funding looks unlikely to cover councils' funding gaps.

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Future Forum Midlands: 'Conceptual chance' of meeting housing targets

By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2025

The Government’s new housing targets ‘are a better balance across the country’ with ‘a conceptual possibility’ they can be met, Birmingham City Council’s hou...

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Warwickshire risks becoming a devo island, chief executive warns

By Ann McGauran | 09 September 2025

The rejection by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker of Warwickshire joining his combined authority puts the county at risk of becoming a devolution island, a...

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New director of finance at Liverpool City Region

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2025

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has appointed Claire Hall as director of finance.

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Reform UK 'could be LGA's biggest group'

By Ann McGauran | 03 September 2025

Reform UK’s group leader at the Local Government Association (LGA) has suggested it could be the largest group ‘within a few years’.

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