ROUGH SLEEPING
Rough sleeping numbers increase by a fifth
By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
The number of people estimated to be sleeping rough has increased by a fifth, Government figures have shown.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A fresh vision for care leavers
By Katharine Sacks-Jones | 26 February 2025
Katharine Sacks-Jones gives her view of the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill an...
HOMELESSNESS
Strengthening the safety net
By Steve Turnbull | 21 February 2025
Wakefield Council has had to adjust its approach to tackling the challenge of rising homelessness...
HOUSING
Showing the way home
By Pam Smith | 20 February 2025
Pam Smith outlines how Newcastle’s approach to preventing homelessness focuses on upstream preven...
IMMIGRATION
Combined authority plea ahead of Chagossian arrivals
By Dan Peters | 05 February 2025
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has pleaded for help from other local authorities ah...
FINANCE
Three boroughs seek more than £120m financial support
By Martin Ford | 28 January 2025
Three London boroughs have announced in the past week they are seeking exceptional financial supp...
HOMELESSNESS
'No desire' to address short-term homelessness system
By Ellie Ames | 24 January 2025
MPs have warned there is seemingly ‘no desire to move away from an unsatisfactory short-term syst...
HOMELESSNESS
'Duty to collaborate' over homelessness call
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2024
Labour-led London Councils has called for a ‘duty to collaborate’ to be placed on five Whitehall ...
FUNDING
A lot more to come from the NAO in 2025
By Abdool Kara | 11 December 2024
Abdool Kara says the National Audit Office continued to perform its public duty of supporting acc...
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
Soaring London rents blamed for declining agent offering
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024
Properties offered to member councils by a social lettings agent owned by London boroughs have pl...
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