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CCN: Funding for adult social care pay to fall short by £350m
ADULT SOCIAL CARE

CCN: Funding for adult social care pay to fall short by £350m

By Joe Lepper | 27 January 2026

Government funding for plans to tackle low pay in adult social care will fall short by around £350m, analysis published by the County Councils Network (CCN) has warned.

FAIR FUNDING

CCN: Counties and rural unitaries short changed compared to mets

By Joe Lepper | 23 January 2026

Government funding for counties and rural unitaries over the next three years will only meet 2p o...

ELECTIONS

Reed decides to postpone elections for 29 councils

By Paul Marinko | 22 January 2026

Steve Reed has said elections this year will be postponed for 29 councils.

LGA

LGA accused of pushing restructure to beat 'fire and rehire' changes

By Heather Jameson | 22 January 2026

The Labour-led Local Government Association’s has been accused of trying to push through its rest...

MENTAL HEALTH

Government fails on mental health funding pledge

By Exclusive by Dan Peters | 21 January 2026

The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental heal...

INTERVENTION

Reed steps up Tower Hamlets intervention

By Joe Lepper | 20 January 2026

The Government is stepping up its intervention in the running of Tower Hamlets LBC amid fresh dou...

HOUSING

Tensions rise over out of area placements

By Paul Marinko | 14 January 2026

Council relations have strained over housing placements, with some authorities accused of ‘cleans...

HOUSING

Housing targets could be reduced for new town areas

By Paul Marinko | 13 January 2026

The Government has indicated councils’ housing targets could be reduced if planned new towns are ...

SAFETY

Birmingham faces MP criticism surrounding football fan ban

By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2026

MPs have accused Birmingham City Council of providing a ‘biased picture’ surrounding the decision...

HOUSING

Housing approvals drop in final quarter of 2025

By Paul Marinko | 06 January 2026

New data has revealed the number of housing projects granted approval dropped by 17% in the last ...

REORGANISATION

Scrooge Says: Bah Humbug to Local Elections

By Colin Copus | 22 December 2025

Labour said nothing about LGR in its manifesto and, as well as moving to create 'huge' new unitar...

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