News The MJ
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Asylum seekers moved from RAF Wethersfield due to incomplete safety checks
April 23, 2024
The Home Office has moved 70 people away from an asylum accommodation site after it failed to complete necessary safety checks on time.
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Peers call for action on private ownership of children’s homes
April 23, 2024
Peers have called for action to tackle private companies’ dominance of the children’s homes market.
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UK first as council approves stake in low-carbon firm
April 23, 2024
Shropshire Council is to become joint owner of a firm producing low-carbon materials worth an estimated £133,333 annually to the authority.
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High Court challenge against Government energy standards
April 23, 2024
A legal challenge against Government restrictions on energy efficiency standards is to proceed to the High Court.
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EXCLUSIVE: Home Office shuns London housing agreement
April 18, 2024
The Home Office has refused to commit to signing up to a key agreement governing London boroughs’ procurement of temporary accommodation, The MJ can reveal.
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EXCLUSIVE: Councils offered second chance to claim housing cash
April 18, 2024
Civil servants have issued a last-minute invitation for councils to claim cash from a fund that has suffered from poor take up by local authorities.
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Watchdog tells Falkirk to confront 'difficult decisions'
April 18, 2024
Falkirk Council faces ‘difficult decisions’ to bridge a budget gap of tens of millions, according to Audit Scotland.
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Betts backs Homes England review
April 18, 2024
Parliament’s housing committee chair has backed calls to remove some responsibilities from Homes England so the agency can focus on affordable housebuilding and regeneration.
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Councils hit with new productivity demands
April 18, 2024
Ministers have demanded councils improve their productivity in the same week as the Government quietly published a report revealing Whitehall makes the sector less efficient.
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Struggles continue for scandal-hit council contractor
April 18, 2024
A council contractor previously at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has continued to struggle since it closed the sites.
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Social work development programme 'pulled' by Department for Education
April 17, 2024
A Government decision to end a training and development programme for social work managers has been branded a ‘kick in the teeth’ for the sector.
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Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told
April 17, 2024
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regime – a role earmarked for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) - accounting experts have told MPs.
