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WHITEHALL
Early intervention drive amid social housing repossessions
By Dan Peters | 25 August 2023
Councils with some of the highest relative rates of social landlord repossessions have described ...
WHITEHALL
Consultancy challenges ministers over pension pooling drive
By Mark Conrad | 24 August 2023
One of the Local Government Pension Scheme’s (LGPS) biggest consultancies has challenged minister...
WHITEHALL
Fresh calls to raise local housing allowance as councils battle homelessness
By Dan Peters | 23 August 2023
Fresh calls have been made for ministers to increase local housing allowance (LHA) after research...
PLANNING
Tories call for tax cuts to boost housing
By Martin Ford | 23 August 2023
A group of Conservative MPs has called for tax cuts for areas where new housing is built.
FINANCE
Asylum 'perma-backlog' to impact councils
By Martin Ford | 22 August 2023
Reforms to the UK’s asylum system are likely to pile more pressure on councils struggling to supp...
LEGISLATION
Boycott Bill faces Scottish opposition
By Martin Ford | 16 August 2023
The UK Government’s planned ban on council boycotts is facing opposition from Holyrood.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Centralisation is the real problem in the ULEZ debate
By Zoë Billingham | 16 August 2023
While mayors are grappling with the implications of facing the important issue of air quality, ce...
IMPROVEMENT
Sheffield's fresh start aims to rebuild trust
By Heather Jameson | 16 August 2023
After the tree felling scandal, Sheffield is determined to move on as a city and a council, and t...
HEALTH
Local government funding system has 'broken down'
By Mark Conrad | 15 August 2023
The funding system for local government has ‘broken down’ and what councils currently receive fro...
PAY
'Mass exodus' claims at North Lincolnshire
By Martin Ford | 14 August 2023
North Lincolnshire Council is facing a ‘mass exodus’ of senior staff, opposition members have cla...
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