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Homes England new housing capacity drops nearly 80%

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2023

Potential new homes unlocked by the Government’s housing and regeneration agency plummeted by 79%...

Little takes over investment pool chair

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2023

The founder of asset management advisory firm Alderwood Partners has taken over as chair of the L...

Sector to step up anti-mayor lobbying

By Dan Peters | 01 August 2023

The sector is to step up its lobbying for the Government to use its King’s Speech to end its fixa...

Select committee report to consider accountability weaknesses

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Weaknesses of the current system of accountability available to local authorities will be conside...

EXCLUSIVE: LGA stance on corporate peer challenges starts to shift

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Elements of the Local Government Association (LGA) are privately moving towards accepting that co...

Hastings' financial controls 'not fully developed'

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2023

Senior Hastings BC councillors will be urged next week to ‘bring in and embed more stringent fina...

Home Office hotel use for lone child asylum seekers 'unlawful'

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2023

The High Court has found the Home Office’s use of hotels to house lone child asylum seekers to be...

Workforce warning for pension scheme after survey

By Dan Peters | 27 July 2023

Almost a quarter (23%) of local government pension scheme (LGPS) employees feel they do not have ...

Waste consistency plans still going ahead, Whitehall insists

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2023

Whitehall officials have insisted they are continuing to push ahead with waste consistency plans ...

B&B housing figures increase by more than a third

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2023

The number of households living in B&B accommodation has shot up by more than a third in a year, ...