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WHITEHALL
Fresh calls to raise local housing allowance as councils battle homelessness
By Dan Peters | 23 August 2023
Fresh calls have been made for ministers to increase local housing allowance (LHA) after research...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Devolution: keeping it local, making it work
By Trevor Holden | 23 August 2023
The current drive to move things to upper tier authorities in two tier areas runs a real risk of ...
PLANNING
Tories call for tax cuts to boost housing
By Martin Ford | 23 August 2023
A group of Conservative MPs has called for tax cuts for areas where new housing is built.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Pioneering a new approach to children's social care in Somerset
By Chris Luck | 22 August 2023
A new partnership in Somerset is supporting the county’s most complex looked-after children and c...
PLANNING
Right idea, wrong tools
By Holly Lewis | 21 August 2023
Holly Lewis explains why she believes expanding Permitted Development Rights in town centres is a...
FINANCE
Council to axe development firm
By Martin Ford | 18 August 2023
Mid Devon DC’s development firm is facing closure, having received £21m in loans from the authority.
HOUSING
Secretary of state takes 'personal interest' in council landlords
By Martin Ford | 17 August 2023
Seven councils are among the landlords to have received letters from housing secretary Michael Go...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The lost years
By Ann McGauran | 16 August 2023
The UK is reeling from nearly five years of lost economic growth. Ann McGauran asks what action l...
PLANNING
Keep it communal
By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023
Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...
HOUSING
Don't bet the house on it
15 August 2023
Housing waiting lists are now so long that you could wait your adult life for a home and still no...
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- Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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