PUBLIC HEALTH

Repairing the cuts

By Adam Briggs | 10 October 2024

The public health grant to local authorities has been significantly slashed in the past 12 years,...

IMMIGRATION

Councils support people fleeing Lebanon

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2024

Councils have been called into action once again to help hundreds of British nationals and their ...

FUNDING

The costs of supporting people fleeing conflict must be recognised

By Alison Griffin | 09 October 2024

Alison Griffin says that recently the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and t...

COHESION

Councils in cohesion cash plea

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2024

Councils have made a plea to the Government for powers and resources to bolster community cohesio...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Extra year of UKSPF funding would remove 'immediate cliff edge'

By Ann McGauran | 04 October 2024

FINANCE

Councils face £54bn funding deficit

By Ellie Ames | 03 October 2024

New research has forecast a £54bn funding shortfall facing England’s local authorities over the n...

IMMIGRATION

Councils on standby for Lebanon evacuation

By Martin Ford | 02 October 2024

Councils will be responsible for helping British nationals arriving from Lebanon after the Govern...

INTERVENTION

Call for Oflog independence

By Martin Ford | 26 September 2024

Academics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including makin...

ENERGY

A good fit for your community

By Marina Robertson | 18 September 2024

Community-led domestic retrofit is driving energy efficiency in Birmingham, with Acivico at the h...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reviving councils' dormant powers

By David Williams | 12 September 2024

David Williams looks at how councils’ positive Victorian legacy has been curbed and sets out a ma...