HOUSING

English councils call for further Right to Buy reforms

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2025

The Government must go further with its reforms of Right to Buy (RtB) to give councils more flexi...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Rebels with a cause

By By Dan Peters | 16 January 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has been warned some members could quit over its stance on...

FINANCE

Chiefs expecting pressure to spend ahead of reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 14 January 2025

Council chiefs expect to come under intense pressure from leaders to sanction questionable spendi...

FINANCE

National Insurance compensation is 'total shambles'

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2025

The Government’s handling of compensating councils for the increase in employers’ National Insura...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025

Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination’ of statutory overrides for special ...

REORGANISATION

McMahon: No cap on devo priority programme

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025

There will be no cap on the number of areas included in the Government’s devolution priority prog...

IMPROVEMENT

Peers praise 'effective and visible' Croydon leadership

By Dan Peters | 07 January 2025

HOMELESSNESS

'Duty to collaborate' over homelessness call

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2024

Labour-led London Councils has called for a ‘duty to collaborate’ to be placed on five Whitehall ...

FINANCE

Sector call for council tax review

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2024

Local government has called for a ‘fundamental review of council tax’ in a long-awaited report.

POLITICS

Increased housebuilding targets for councils

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024

Areas with the highest unaffordability for housing and greatest potential for growth will be hand...