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FINANCE
Council warns of 'most severe' budget to date
By Izzy Lepone | 21 August 2025
North Yorkshire Council has revealed it could be encountering its ‘most severe’ budget round yet.
HOUSING
Council home sell-offs to outpace new builds eightfold
By William Eichler | 21 August 2025
Local authorities in England are to lose more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 a...
PLANNING
'Quiet majority' favour local development
By Martin Ford | 21 August 2025
Councils have been urged to consult more widely on planning applications after newly-published re...
PEOPLE
Brent announces corporate director appointment
By Martin Ford | 20 August 2025
Jehan Weerasinghe has been named as Brent LBC’s new corporate director for neighbourhoods and reg...
FINANCE
CCN: Residents to face maximum council tax rises
By Izzy Lepone | 20 August 2025
Residents of county and rural regions will face ‘maximum council tax rises’ under the Government’...
LEGAL
Farage: Put pressure on councils to follow Epping Forest
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has urged people to 'put pressure' on councils to go to court after...
FINANCE
Audit costs rise by 238%, research reveals
By Izzy Lepone | 19 August 2025
Audit reform ambitions have ‘failed’, creating ‘market chaos’, researchers from the University of...
HOUSING
Reform councils attack Home Office over asylum housing
By Paul Marinko | 19 August 2025
Reform UK council leaders have written to home secretary Yvette Cooper attacking the Government’s...
GOVERNANCE
Glasgow overhauls firm over governance concerns
By Martin Ford | 19 August 2025
Glasgow City Council’s jointly-owned development firm has undergone a leadership overhaul followi...
IMMIGRATION
More than £300m Ukrainian refugee funding unspent
By William Eichler | 19 August 2025
More than £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees still sits in council ...
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