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WHITEHALL
LGA puts 2019/20 funding gap at £3bn
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2019
Councils face an overall funding gap of more than £3bn in 2019/20, the Local Government Associati...
HOUSING
Spending Review must reward the importance of districts
By Cllr John Fuller | 08 January 2019
In a post-Brexit world it will be vital to refocus on the importance of district councils in supp...
HOUSING
Grenfell's unresolved conundrum
By Bob Neill | 08 January 2019
Nineteen months on from the fire at Grenfell Tower and we are no closer to addressing the questio...
HOUSING
Commission outlines need for more than three million new social homes
By Laura Sharman | 08 January 2019
More than three million new social homes are needed to tackle the housing crisis over the next 20...
HOUSING
Middlesbrough creates housing company to meet new homes ambitions
By Martin Ford | 04 January 2019
Middlesbrough Council is setting up a wholly-owned housing company as it embarks on ‘the most amb...
LONDON COUNCILS
London Councils forms company to tackle homelessness
By Martin Ford | 02 January 2019
A not-for-profit company will be created to provide housing for homeless families in 11 London bo...
HOUSING
Councils 'ripped off' by £1bn bill for temporary housing
By Ann McGauran | 02 January 2019
Councils spent almost £1bn on temporary accommodation in 2017/18, according to analysis by homele...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Brokenshire lifts funding cap as homeless deaths rocket
By Dan Peters | 21 December 2018
Housing secretary James Brokenshire lifted the cap on the cold weather fund on the same day it wa...
FINANCE
Rotherham to raise council tax on empty homes
By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2018
Rotherham MBC’s cabinet has agreed to changes which mean homes left vacant for more than 10 years...
WHITEHALL
MPs call for council powers over asylum housing
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2018
Councils should be tasked with inspecting accommodation for asylum seekers and granted the power ...
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