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AUTUMN BUDGET

Budget: LGR confirmed in high tax, high spend Budget

By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2024

Local government reorganisation – and the efficiency savings it will make – have been confirmed i...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Government to launch full reorganisation

By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2024

ASYLYM

K&C chief urges agreement on asylum accommodation price

By Paul Marinko | 24 October 2024

Kensington & Chelsea LBC’s chief executive has called on the Government to agree with councils on...

DEVOLUTION

Minister: England's devo map must avoid 'orphan areas'

By Paul Marinko | 23 October 2024

Local government minister Jim McMahon has emphasised Labour’s determination to avoid ‘orphan area...

SOCIAL HOUSING

Minister hints at social rent rise in Budget

By Paul Marinko | 23 October 2024

Housing minister Baroness Taylor has confirmed the chancellor could raise social rents in the Bud...

DEVOLUTION

Norfolk told to join with Suffolk for devo deal

By William Eichler | 14 October 2024

Norfolk CC has been told by the Government that it should explore a joint mayoral devolution prop...

REGENERATION

Regeneration: Housebuilding - A how to guide

By Mike De'ath | 19 September 2024

Ambitious plans to build 1.5m homes by 2030 will not be easy. Mike De’Ath suggests it will need a...

REGENERATION

Regeneration: Funding homes for the squeezed middle

19 September 2024

As the Government launches its plans to create more homes, Cath Webster looks what homes are need...

REGENERATION

Regeneration: Transforming the planning landscape

19 September 2024

To reach its targets, the new Government will need to tackle infrastructure as well as planning, ...

GOVERNMENT

Unfinished business

By Michael Burton | 14 August 2024

Total Place, the 30-year concept of merging public sector funding pots, was terminated after a ye...