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FINANCE

London council budgets slashed 17% over last decade

By William Eichler | 13 May 2019

London’s local authority budgets have dropped by nearly a fifth – 17% – per head over the last ei...

FINANCE

Housing shortage hampers councils' homelessness reduction efforts, MPs told

By Martin Ford | 24 April 2019

A social housing shortage is holding back councils from preventing homelessness, MPs have heard.

LONDON COUNCILS

Pledges focus on what matters most to Londoners

By Peter John | 23 April 2019

London Councils’ Pledges to Londoners set out the aspirations the 32 boroughs and the City of Lon...

FINANCE

Rule change signalled following London 'social cleansing' accusation

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2019

Local government secretary James Brokenshire has signalled a possible change to the rules to help...

LONDON COUNCILS

Bexley selects Jackie Belton as new chief

By Hiba Mahamadi | 26 March 2019

Bexley LBC has recommended Jackie Belton, formerly at Lambeth LBC, is appointed to the role of ch...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils agree to ramp up efforts to tackle children's services pressures

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 March 2019

Local authorities in London have agreed to intensify their efforts to tackle the increasing finan...

WHITEHALL

Business rates 'creaking at the seams'

By Dan Peters | 21 February 2019

Business rates as a tax is ‘creaking at the seams and in need of reform,’ London Councils has tol...

LONDON COUNCILS

Mets feeling deprived over funding formula

By Ann McGauran | 06 February 2019

Can the sector reach a consensus on the weighting given to deprivation in the fair funding formul...

SOCIAL CARE

Let's move away from these short-term patches to funding

By John O’ Brien | 23 January 2019

The decision in the provisional local government finance settlement to allocate the social care s...

LONDON COUNCILS

Cracking the code

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

The complexity of the budgetary challenges faced by English councils has raised the alarm within ...

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