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HOUSING
Warnings over exemption from standards for asylum housing
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2024
Exempting asylum accommodation from “Awaab’s Law” risks more deaths due to poor housing condition...
HOUSING
We need to devise a plan to solve our communities' housing crisis
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 15 January 2024
District councils need the Government to increase the housing benefit subsidy. Without this, loca...
PLANNING
Council confirms asylum centre appeal
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2023
West Lindsey DC is to appeal against the dismissal of its judicial review over the Home Office’s ...
SOCIAL CARE
Care bosses 'blindsided' by foreign dependents ban
By Mark Conrad | 20 December 2023
Social care bosses were ‘blindsided’ by ministers’ ban on international staff bringing dependents...
WHITEHALL
Barge death concerns
By Mark Conrad | 14 December 2023
Concerns over conditions inside some asylum accommodation intensified this week, after the death ...
PAY
The more things change
By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2023
Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in loca...
PUBLIC HEALTH
The asylum mess needs cleaning up
By Heather Jameson | 07 December 2023
'The current conditions in some asylum hotels make the prospect of Rwanda look like a soft option...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Lincs district considers asylum ruling appeal
By Mark Conrad | 07 December 2023
West Lindsey DC is likely to appeal a High Court decision to allow the Home Office to place an as...
FINANCE
Gove in 'crying wolf' claim
By Martin Ford | 06 December 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove has claimed some people in the sector have ‘been crying w...
WHITEHALL
Councils demand control over asylum contracting
By EXCLUSIVE by Mark Conrad | 06 December 2023
The Home Office has defended its asylum contracting amid calls to devolve management or oversight...
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