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Stoke-on-Trent council welcomes last-minute £20m levelling up funding

By William Eichler | 28 May 2024

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has welcomed the approval of £20m in Levelling Up Partnership funding...

Windsor and Maidenhead issues section 114 warning

By William Eichler | 23 May 2024

Windsor and Maidenhead BC has warned it could be facing effective bankruptcy if financial support...

Nearly 190,000 social homes expected to be lost by 2040

By William Eichler | 22 May 2024

The controversial Right to Buy scheme is expected to reduce the dwindling social housing stock by...

Labour to outline plans for 'towns of the future'

By William Eichler | 21 May 2024

Labour is to provide more details today about their commitment to establish the next generation o...

£50m of exceptional financial support agreed for Lambeth LBC

By William Eichler | 16 May 2024

The Government has agreed in principle up to £50m of exceptional financial support for Lambeth LBC.

Government pushes ahead with recycling plan

By William Eichler | 09 May 2024

The Government today confirmed the next steps of its reforms to put an end to the ‘patchwork of d...

Councils spend £45m on planning appeal advice

By William Eichler | 03 May 2024

Councils spent £45m over the past three years on external legal advice relating to planning appea...

Council debt up by £52bn since 2010

By William Eichler | 02 May 2024

Local government debt has increased by 78% since 2010 as councils attempted to make up for cuts t...

Devon councillors back devolution bid

By William Eichler | 30 April 2024

Devon County Council members have voted in favour of going ahead with plans that could see more p...

Thanet DC drops tourism tax plan

By William Eichler | 29 April 2024

Thanet DC has decided to drop plans for a tourism tax because the Government has ‘no intention’ o...