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Reed defends lack of social housing assessment
POLICY AND POLITICS

Reed defends lack of social housing assessment

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025

Housing secretary Steve Reed has defended the Government’s failure to assess how many social homes are needed.

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m

By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025

Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025

Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first ele...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Intervention cost hits £9.5m

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

Councils have been forced to shell out £9.5m on Government intervention over the last four years,...

FINANCE

Late change to fair funding review expected

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

Urban councils are expecting a ‘perverse’ late change to proposed funding reform they fear would ...

HOUSING

Government 'confident' in housing plan

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2025

The Government has insisted it ‘remains confident in its plans to get Britain building’ after hou...

FINANCE

LGPS bigger than it has ever been

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales has continued to grow in size an...

FINANCE

Predictions of low take up for retention pooling scheme

By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2025

Take up of a government invitation to councils to join the business rates retention pooling schem...

DEVOLUTION

EXCLUSIVE: London Councils lobby over working group membership

By Dan Peters | 08 October 2025

London Councils is lobbying to be included in a working group formed to compare the capital’s pow...

POLICY AND POLITICS

LGA: Outcomes framework should be expanded

By Neil Merrick | 30 September 2025

A proposed framework for assessing the effectiveness of councils should be expanded to cover all ...

REORGANISATION

EXCLUSIVE: Trio appointed to advise on reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2025

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has appointed three experienced...

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