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ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Adult social care reforms due in spring
By Martin Ford | 09 March 2023
A minister has hinted at a more long-term approach to adult social care in forthcoming reforms.
WHITEHALL
Councils plead for extra audit time
By William Eichler | 03 March 2023
English councils have pleaded for an extra month for local authorities to publish their draft una...
ENVIRONMENT
Call to bolster housing enforcement powers
By Paul Marinko | 09 February 2023
Quality in the private rented sector (PRS) will not rise unless councils have the capacity for vi...
WHITEHALL
Treasury tightens grip over DLUHC spending
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023
New capital projects by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will now...
WHITEHALL
Levelling up directors could be scrapped
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023
Plans to appoint a dozen levelling up directors may be scrapped, a minister has admitted.
WHITEHALL
Minister admits to shifting goalposts on levelling up bids
By Martin Ford | 23 January 2023
A Government minister has admitted to shifting the rules on Levelling Up Fund bids after applicat...
HOUSING
Ministers pressed over refugee funding cuts
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2023
MPs have questioned the rationale behind Government cuts to funding for refugees.
FINANCE
DLUHC: More section 114 notices not expected
By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2023
Whitehall officials are not expecting councils to issue further section 114 notices in the coming...
DEVOLUTION
Mayors have 'done very well' from competitive funds
By Martin Ford | 13 December 2022
Metro mayors in England are pressing for competitive funding pots to be scrapped despite having b...
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Oflog centralisation fears
By Martin Ford | 29 November 2022
MPs have heard fresh fears that the new Office for Local Government (Oflog) will lead to further ...
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