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WHITEHALL
CIPFA pleads for Oflog costs to be kept down
By Dan Peters | 01 March 2024
It is ‘unrealistic’ to think the Office for Local Government (Oflog) will not pile fresh resource...
FINANCE
Government agrees £2.5bn of capitalisation directions
By Martin Ford | 29 February 2024
A total of 19 councils have agreed in-principle capitalisation directions worth almost £2.5bn wit...
WHITEHALL
Home Office 'chaos' leaves thousands of illegal arrivals in 'perma-backlog'
By Mark Conrad | 27 February 2024
The Government’s struggling asylum policy has heaped significant demand on cities’ housing servic...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
14 years on: The 'winners' and 'losers'
By Maks Wieczorski | 27 February 2024
New data shows how £13.9bn of cumulative cuts in local authority funding in the 14 years since 20...
WHITEHALL
Slough intervention could continue after November - Government
By Dan Peters | 22 February 2024
Whitehall intervention in Conservative-led Slough BC could continue beyond November, the Governme...
FINANCE
Tower Hamlets faces Best Value inspection
By Martin Ford | 22 February 2024
A Best Value inspection is to take place at Tower Hamlets LBC, the Government has announced.
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
MPs question Oflog independence
By Martin Ford | 20 February 2024
MPs have questioned whether the Office for Local Government’s (Oflog) work can be ‘truly independ...
FINANCE
Plymouth told to 'hold its nerve' on budget
By Martin Ford | 19 February 2024
Plymouth City Council’s budget for the forthcoming year hinges on a request to the Government for...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils offered second chance to claim housing cash
By Dan Peters | 19 February 2024
Civil servants have issued a last-minute invitation for councils to claim cash from a fund that h...
WHITEHALL
Senior Lib Dem calls for permitted development rights review
By Dan Peters | 19 February 2024
A review of permitted development rights (PDRs) should take place before reforms are introduced t...
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