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BUDGET 2025
Budget: Reeves commits to homelessness review
By Dan Peters | 27 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to a review of homelessness service funding.
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision
By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025
Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Review to assess fee devolution
By Dan Peters | 21 November 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a review of counc...
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 home...
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...
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