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Temporary accommodation spending hits £2.8bn
HOUSING

Temporary accommodation spending hits £2.8bn

By Dan Peters | 18 September 2025

Council spending on temporary accommodation has increased by a quarter to £2.8bn for 2024-25.

POLITICS

MPs call for 'root and branch' transformation of 'broken' SEND system

By Lee Peart | 18 September 2025

A cross-party report has called for ‘root and branch transformation’ of the ‘broken’ special educ...

REORGANISATION

Portsmouth expected to reject reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025

Portsmouth City Council is expected to formally reject local government reorganisation at a meeti...

WHITEHALL

Ministers axe elections holiday compensation

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025

Ministers have decided the Government will no longer reimburse electoral services staff if a late...

REORGANISATION

Brighton to back five unitary model

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025

Senior Brighton & Hove City Council members are expected to back a five-unitary model for Sussex,...

REORGANISATION

County backs east-west unitaries

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2025

Senior Staffordshire CC members have backed the development of a business case for two new unitar...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Judicial review threat for food waste laggards

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2025

English councils that fail to offer separate food waste collections to all homes from April could...

FINANCE

Cash flow warning over council tax change

By Joe Lepper | 15 September 2025

Plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month instalments could leave local authorities...

REORGANISATION

Kent CC to submit single unitary proposal

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2025

Kent CC’s (KCC) leader Linden Kemkaran has confirmed her council will submit a proposal to Govern...

HOUSING

Government 'absolutely committed' to 1.5 million homes target

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2025

The new housing secretary Steve Reed has insisted the Government is ‘absolutely committed’ to get...

FINANCE

Section 114 notice warning for Halton

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2025

Halton BC may be forced to issue a section 114 notice if the council fails to bring its spending ...

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Chief Executive

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