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FINANCE
A huge year – but will local government's voice be heard?
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2024
'While politicians are holding the line – that councils have plenty of cash and financial failure...
FINANCE
Is this the end of innovation?
By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024
Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...
FINANCE
It's time to sufficiently acknowledge and fund councils' safety net role
By Jon Rowney | 09 January 2024
Councils have had to rise to the challenge of a national social security system which is fragment...
FINANCE
We need Government to recognise district councils could help them fix the system
By Gill Kneller | 08 January 2024
Hampshire CC's finances are having indirect impacts on East Hampshire DC and its most vulnerable ...
HOMELESSNESS
Rural homelessness soars 40% in five years
By Andrew Vaux | 05 January 2024
A new report has revealed the alarming extent of rural homelessness – with rough sleeping in the ...
HOUSING
Borough warns Gove over homelessness figures
By Mark Conrad | 22 December 2023
Southwark LBC has written to local government secretary Michae Gove, claiming government policies...
PLANNING
The prospect of a decent settlement has since been dashed
By Tracy Bingham | 13 December 2023
Most councils will have to make full use of the limited capacity within the council tax referendu...
HOUSING
Help is at hand to tackle the housing challenge
By Martin Walker | 04 December 2023
Local Partnerships with financial support from the LGA has developed a tool in conjunction with M...
WHITEHALL
Home Office admits 'more we can and need to do'
By Martin Ford | 30 November 2023
More needs to be done to share data and improve communications with councils, Home Office mandari...
HOUSING
Thousands of refugees face homelessness at Christmas, LGA warns
By Ellie Ames | 29 November 2023
The Government’s push to clear the asylum backlog is putting ‘tens of thousands’ of refugees at r...
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