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Social rent home building drops 12%

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2021

Just under 6,000 new social rent homes were delivered in England last year, new Government statis...

Call for Westminster to 'take the lead' on deposit return scheme

By Dan Peters | 17 November 2021

An environmental charity has called for Westminster to ‘take the lead’ after further delays to th...

EXCLUSIVE: No deal from last-ditch pay talks

By Dan Peters | 16 November 2021

Last-ditch talks between local government employers and trade unions over this year’s 1.75% pay o...

LGA lobbies Patel on asylum pressures

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2021

Senior councillors have written to ministers expressing their concerns about the resettlement of ...

Council apologises for mould and damp

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2021

Hammersmith & Fulham LBC has vowed to improve its performance on mould and damp after it came top...

Delayed SEND review to reduce 'local variation'

By Dan Peters | 11 November 2021

Proposals coming out of the Government’s review of special educational needs and disability (SEND...

EXCLUSIVE: Insurance mutual prepares 'fresh offer' for councils

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2021

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) fledgling insurance mutual is preparing a ‘fresh offer’ ...

LGA insists in-person peer reviews will continue for now

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2021

Local Government Association (LGA) peer reviews will continue to be held in person despite a call...

Government finally publishes levelling up model after criticism

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2021

The Government has finally published the model it used to prioritise cash allocations from its le...

Minister tells councils price of devolution

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2021

Levelling up minister Neil O’Brien has told councils they will have to improve their ‘governance,...