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POLITICS
Shortfall worsens after allocation changes
By Dan Peters | 03 March 2025
Councils are facing an additional £76m shortfall in their temporary accommodation budgets followi...
LEGAL
Council leader: Legally challenging grant axing worthwhile
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2025
North Yorkshire Council’s legal action against the Government over a £14m funding cut could cost ...
FINANCE
Hillingdon facing possibility of s114
By Paul Marinko | 28 February 2025
Hillingdon LBC has been warned it faces the possibility of having to issue a section 114 notice i...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Shadow minister: levelling up 'would take decades'
By Martin Ford | 28 February 2025
The last Conservative government failed to articulate the long-term nature of its levelling up po...
FINANCE
Promoting prevention
By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2025
A new report from the National Audit Office on local government financial sustainability doubles ...
DEVOLUTION
Fiscal devo has to be the destination sooner or later
By Andrew Carter | 28 February 2025
Giving places power to raise their own money is a logical next stop for devolution, especially in...
FINANCE
Whole government response required to secure councils' finances
By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2025
Making councils financially sustainable requires a whole government response led by the Ministry ...
FINANCE
Let's make the case for investing in local government
By Ali Griffin | 27 February 2025
Even in this tough environment, we have countless examples of what the sector is capable of and w...
REORGANISATION
EXCLUSIVE: Government open to doughnut unitaries
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
Central government is open to a number of so-called doughnut unitaries, with some expanding to ma...
FINANCE
Risk of Lambeth being 'overwhelmed' by finances
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2025
Lambeth LBC faces a ‘clear and immediate risk’ of its finances being ‘overwhelmed’, according to ...
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