LGA CONFERENCE
Asylum minister admits information sharing 'no longer fit for purpose'
By Martin Ford | 07 July 2025
A Home Office minister has pledged to be more open with councils after agreeing the department’s communication was ‘no longer fit for purpose’.
LEGAL
Legal action considered over asylum seeker funding
By William Eichler | 30 May 2025
Hillingdon LBC is considering legal action against the Government after the Home Office refused t...
ASYLUM
Reform threaten legal action to close migrant hotels
By Paul Marinko | 06 May 2025
Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has vowed councils controlled by the party would launch legal action...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Health inequalities are not inevitable
By Kelly O'Neill | 11 April 2025
Kelly O’Neill looks at how Hounslow LBC used the NHS England CORE20PLUS5 framework to identify re...
ASYLUM
Home Office cuts UASC incentive payments
By Paul Marinko | 10 April 2025
The Government has reinstated an incentive scheme for councils accepting the transfer of Unaccomp...
ASYLUM
Asylum hotel contingency plan activated
By Martin Ford | 26 March 2025
The Home Office has activated contingency plans following the axing of an asylum hotel contractor.
ASYLUM
Ministers in urgent plea for council help with Afghan refugees
By Paul Marinko | 11 March 2025
Whitehall has called on councils to support an Afghan resettlement programme under which regions ...
REORGANISATION
Lack of asylum funding snag for reorganisation
By Joe Lepper | 20 February 2025
Funding for asylum seeker support has emerged as a sticking point in Kent’s reorganisation plans.
ASYLUM
EXCLUSIVE: Home Office stops UASC incentive payments
By Paul Marinko | 05 February 2025
The Home Office has stopped a key funding stream worth millions of pounds to councils receiving u...
HOUSING
LGA steps in to address North-South housing tensions
By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2025
Sector tensions between the North and South over out-of-area placements have prompted the Local G...
ASYLUM
Addressing asylum
By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2025
Paul Marinko looks at the outlook for asylum accommodation and finds that, despite complex challe...
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