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FINANCE

Sheffield looks to bridge £22m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 26 August 2022

Sheffield City Council is facing the challenge of reining in a budget overspend of almost £22m.

FINANCE

Pressure grows to raise housing benefits

By Martin Ford | 26 August 2022

Calls have been made to raise Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to prevent a surge in homelessness.

FINANCE

Medway calls for help to close £12m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022

Medway Council has demanded Government gets a grip on funding children’s services as it faces a b...

FINANCE

Watchdog 'deeply concerned' over council's finances

By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022

The Accounts Commission is ‘not confident’ Shetland Islands Council is ‘financially sustainable’.

FINANCE

London boroughs lose 23k homes to Right to Buy

By Martin Ford | 24 August 2022

The capital’s council housing stock has shrunk by almost 6% over the past decade due to homes sol...

SCOTLAND

Scottish Labour proposes council funding overhaul

By Martin Ford | 24 August 2022

Local government funding in Scotland would be overseen by an independent body under an overhaul p...

FINANCE

Police charge trio of former council chiefs

By Martin Ford | 23 August 2022

Three former council chief executives have been charged as part of a long-running investigation i...

HOUSING

Minister pleas for more refugees cash

By Martin Ford | 23 August 2022

Refugees minister Lord Harrington has made a plea to inject more funding into the Homes for Ukrai...

HOUSING

Homelessness system 'on brink of failure'

By Martin Ford | 22 August 2022

A housing charity has said people presenting as homeless in central Scotland are being asked to m...

FINANCE

£7m overspend looms for York

By Martin Ford | 22 August 2022

York City Council is facing ‘difficult decisions’ with an in-year budget overspend of almost £7m ...

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