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REORGANISATION
Minister rejects 'diktat' accusation
By Martin Ford | 20 January 2025
Local government minister Jim McMahon has rebuffed accusations that reorganisation amounts to a ‘...
REORGANISATION
Rayner rejects reorganisation 'distraction' claim
By Martin Ford | 07 January 2025
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has denied that local government reorganisation will impact o...
HOMELESSNESS
Councils to be 'incentivised' to take preventative approach to homelessness
By Martin Ford | 03 December 2024
The Government hopes to ‘incentivise’ local authorities into using funding for homelessness servi...
HOUSING
Government will 'not hesitate' to intervene in planning
By Martin Ford | 20 November 2024
The Government will ‘not hesitate’ to take an interventionist approach to local government in pla...
SEND
MPs sound alarm on SEND deficits
By Martin Ford | 19 November 2024
Deficits in SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) budgets are among the top concerns ...
WHITEHALL
Safeguarding fears raised over Homes for Ukraine scheme
By Mark Conrad | 24 May 2022
Senior council officials want greater powers to safeguard Ukrainian refugees amid fears revised n...
FINANCE
Ministers resist calls for further care funding
By Martin Ford | 24 May 2022
Councils should not rely on Government grants to fund social care, ministers have said.
WHITEHALL
Government to strengthen community role in planning
By Paul Marinko | 23 May 2022
The Government has made clear it intends to strengthen the role of communities in new planning le...
WHITEHALL
Social housing Bill 'imminent'
By Mark Conrad | 17 May 2022
Housing minister Eddie Hughes this week insisted the Government would bring forward a social hous...
WHITEHALL
Levelling up must go beyond 'big ticket' projects
By Martin Ford | 11 May 2022
Efforts to level up communities must be felt at a local level for the policy to be viewed as a su...
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