Housing

By Ellie Ames | 10 July 2023

MPs have called on ministers to turn empty buildings into affordable housing after a report found...

Labour promises councils 'control over own destiny'

By William Eichler | 04 July 2023

A Labour government will build more houses and devolve power to local authorities, according to t...

HOUSING

Eco rules are stifling development

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 04 July 2023

Nutrient neutrality rules are stifling, and in many parts of the country the risk is that develop...

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Government needs to change track on its infrastructure levy plans

By Joanna Killian | 04 July 2023

The Government's proposals for the Infrastructure Levy risk creating the worst of both worlds - f...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Complaints: heed the warnings

By Richard Blakeway | 04 July 2023

Housing ombudsman and Local Government Association conference speaker Richard Blakeway offers key...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Optimistic nihilism

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023

It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...

FINANCE

Power through partnership

By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023

More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...

HOUSING

NHS trust takes councils to court in funding row

29 June 2023

A judge is set to decide whether three councils acted lawfully when they rejected a hospital trus...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Delivering a shared vision

By Neil Vokes | 23 June 2023

Director of development at Camden LBC Neil Vokes looks at how an innovative approach to developm...

WHITEHALL

Concerns over funding supported housing regulation

By Martin Ford | 21 June 2023

The Government has yet to devise the system to fund councils’ regulation of supported housing, ma...

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