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FINANCE
B&B costs councils £93m a year, says LGA
By Michael Burton | 11 October 2019
Councils are spending over £93m a year on bed and breakfast accommodation, a figure which is nine...
HOUSING
'Raise benefits to aid homeless'
By Chris Mahony | 10 October 2019
Campaigners are urging ministers to increase housing-related benefits and to support social house...
HEALTH
Pessimism growing due to care funding uncertainty
By Paul Marinko | 08 October 2019
Health leaders have warned that under-funding of social care and public health services could lea...
WHITEHALL
Think tanks to produce 'toolkit' to improve governance
By Chris Mahony | 07 October 2019
A project part-funded by Whitehall and the Local Government Association aims to produce ‘practica...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Councils call for powers and funds to tackle housing crisis
By Michael Burton | 04 October 2019
Councils have called for more fiscal freedom to build their own social housing following latest f...
WHITEHALL
New leadership role to boost place-based working
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019
Local government’s sole representative on the new National Leadership Centre’s (NLC) board wants ...
WHITEHALL
Call for new audit oversight body
By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019
A new type of oversight body for local audit that would take a strategic approach to addressing t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The war against County Lines
By Paul Marinko | 01 October 2019
Paul Marinko looks at how local authorities are tackling the scourge of County Lines – and finds...
HOUSING
Prospering the Warrington way
By Dan Peters | 01 October 2019
In the wake of austerity, Warrington’s commercial strategy – mixing small investment with smart a...
WHITEHALL
Election and Brexit could hit peer review plans
By Dan Peters | 01 October 2019
A General Election before March would put the Local Government Association (LGA) at risk of faili...
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