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PLANNING
Mandatory housing targets rejected
By Martin Ford | 07 September 2023
An amendment to the levelling up Bill to introduce mandatory housebuilding targets has been rejec...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Housing pressures may push councils into effective bankruptcy
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
Rising housing pressures will force some councils to effectively declare bankruptcy, a local auth...
HOUSING
The stats don't lie: we need a plan to tackle the affordable housing crisis
By Cllr Hannah Dalton | 04 September 2023
Urgent action is needed to give councils the financial firepower to drive a significant increase ...
HOUSING
Government must get its act together on housing supply
By Cllr Nesil Caliskan | 24 August 2023
Homelessness rates will rocket unless the Government deals with the fundamental issue of housing ...
WHITEHALL
Fresh calls to raise local housing allowance as councils battle homelessness
By Dan Peters | 23 August 2023
Fresh calls have been made for ministers to increase local housing allowance (LHA) after research...
HEALTH
National issues on a local scale: tackling the cost of living crisis
By Stephen Gaskell | 08 August 2023
Local authorities are working with partners in a variety of creative and resourceful ways in resp...
WHITEHALL
Optics of Afghan refugee eviction questioned
By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023
Councils have questioned the optics of the Government’s decision to serve legal notices on Afghan...
WHITEHALL
Calls for renters Bill to be 'expedited'
By Dan Peters | 07 August 2023
Experts have called for the Government to push through the passing of the ‘long-awaited’ Renters ...
EDUCATION
Education and children's services top complaints to Ombudsman
26 July 2023
The Ombudsman’s annual complaints statistics have revealed education and children’s services as t...
WHITEHALL
B&B housing figures increase by more than a third
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2023
The number of households living in B&B accommodation has shot up by more than a third in a year, ...
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