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28 Apr 21
A former borough council finance director will take the helm of London Councils, which represents the capital’s 32 local authorities.
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26 Jun 20
London mayor Sadiq Khan has asked GLA Group members to consider recruitment freezes, spending cuts and the use of reserves as he seeks to deliver £500m of savings due to the financial hit from Covid-...
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1 May 20
The rateable value threshold for business rates reductions should be increased to at least £100,000, according to cross-party group London Councils, which has suggested up to a quarter of businesses...
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30 Aug 19
Challenges around housing, transport, skills and environment could be improved if cities were given more powers and funding, according to London’s mayor.
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8 Jul 19
London councils have demanded the fair funding and the Spending Review are delayed until “unprecedented political turbulence” settles.
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13 May 19
London council budgets have fallen by 17% over the past eight years, think-tank analysis has found.
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18 Jan 19
Investing in London’s public services can stimulate the city’s economy, an umbrella group has said.
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4 Jan 19
The number of landlords prosecuted by London boroughs for providing substandard accommodation has fallen sharply over the last three years, research has shown.
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26 Oct 18
London’s troubled Crossrail project will receive a £350m bailout from central government to maintain “full momentum”.
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9 May 18
London boroughs are “running out of road” to plug funding gaps in planning, culture and transport budgets especially, a think-tank has said.
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13 Feb 18
Transport for London faces an operational deficit of almost £1bn next year, when the Department for Transport ends its funding of the authority.
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5 Feb 18
London boroughs will need to ballot tenants before embarking on large-scale estate regeneration projects or risk losing City Hall funds, mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.
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4 Jan 18
Residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s homes have been told the council has taken back direct control of their homes from the ill-fated tenant management organisation.
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29 Sep 17
The Social Market Foundation’s Scott Corfe says banning the likes of Uber would make households poorer.
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28 Sep 17
Councils in the capital are facing a £1.5bn black hole in public finances before the end of the decade, according to London Councils.
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11 Sep 17
Barry Quirk, the interim chief executive of the Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kensington, will take up the post permanently.
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14 Aug 17
Plans for the controversial £200m Garden Bridge project in London have officially been scrapped.
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14 Aug 17
A £9m Greener City Fund has been launched as part of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s ambition to transform the capital into the world’s first National Park City.
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25 Jul 17
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has given the green light to London’s Crossrail 2 project, infuriating northern councils who only a few days earlier saw key rail electrification projects...
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24 May 17
Changing procurement led to a deal that is good for people, animals, the environment – and a local authority’s finances
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28 Apr 17
The controversial £200m Garden Bridge project will not receive financial backing from the taxpayer, London mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed.
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4 Mar 17
April’s business rate revaluation will see £400m transferred from London councils to authorities in the North, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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2 Feb 17
The government should postpone forthcoming increases in business rates until the UK has left the European Union in order to protect businesses at a time of economic uncertainty, according to one...
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13 Jan 17
The trust responsible for the delivery of the Garden Bridge in London has issued a grave warning about the financial health of the scheme, raising fears that it may be cancelled.
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11 Oct 16
The Department for Transport stands to lose around £22.5m, should the proposed Thames Garden Bridge be cancelled, the National Audit Office has found.