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HOUSING
Councils look to pay to free up properties
By Neil Merrick | 30 March 2026
More local authorities are paying tenants to move into smaller homes.
FINANCE
Report finds 'optimism bias' in council projections
By Neil Merrick | 30 March 2026
Brighton and Hove city councillors were guilty of ‘optimism bias’ in forecasting the popularity o...
FINANCE
Regions facing grant cut as fiscal overhaul takes shape
By Martin Ford | 26 March 2026
Regions will have their Whitehall grant cut if they want to grab a share of national taxation und...
HOMELESSNESS
Increasing homelessness blamed for council company failure
By Joe Lepper | 26 March 2026
London Councils has blamed ‘increased homelessness rates’ for the failure of a company formed to ...
FINANCE
The promise of fiscal decentralisation threatens to be a damp squib
By Paul Marinko | 26 March 2026
Underneath the din of excitement at Rachel Reeves’ promise last week to provide regions with ‘con...
HOUSING
EXCLUSIVE: Rising temporary accommodation bill fuelled by B&B exodus
By Dan Peters | 26 March 2026
The amount of money spent by councils in the capital on the most expensive type of emergency temp...
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
Reducing reliance on temporary housing
By Naisha Polaine | 26 March 2026
Councils are still placing record numbers into short-term housing, but local authorities like Bar...
LEADERSHIP
Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
By Libby Caulfield | 26 March 2026
Moving to local government after a 10-year career in consultancy, Libby Caulfield was warned the ...
PARKING
Preventing illegal parking
By Glynn Barton | 25 March 2026
Amanda Barrie and Glynn Barton explain how BCP Council implemented a landmark government trial to...
FINANCE
'Well-run' council faces £80m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 25 March 2026
A council is facing one of the biggest budget gaps in Scotland despite being ‘well run’, a watchd...
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