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22 Oct 18
The government will tighten rules in local government to prevent people found guilty of serious crimes from standing for office.
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18 Oct 18
The first round of funding to remove Grenfell-style cladding has been released to local authorities and housing associations today.
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10 May 18
Pilot areas for an “internationally proven approach” to helping rough sleepers with complex needs into stable accommodation have been named by the housing secretary.
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26 Mar 18
Rural policy should be taken away from the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, a House of Lords select committee has said.
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3 Aug 17
The government has confirmed that 111 buildings have failed the latest cladding system tests, 90 of which are local authority or housing association run.
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28 Jul 17
Early full-scale tests of cladding systems in the UK have revealed 47 local authority or housing association owned buildings have failed the fire safety tests.
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20 Jul 17
Some £15m of funds to deal with the impact of migration has been allocated to 27 councils by communities secretary Sajid Javid.
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29 Mar 17
Plans to allow local authorities to retain 100% of business rates are at risk of delay and may fail to deliver financial self-sufficiency for councils or a boost to local growth, the National Audit...
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16 Feb 17
The government is considering introducing a partial reset of the business rates localisation system every five years once the £12.5bn of revenue is devolved to local authorities from April 2019.
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5 Jan 17
Housing providers are being invited to bid for a share of a £7bn fund in what is being billed as a “dramatic expansion” of the government’s affordable housing programme.
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15 Dec 16
Sajid Javid has announced a £240m transfer from the New Homes Bonus to adult social care funding and confirmed that councils would also be able to raise the council tax precept for care by 3% in the...
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8 Dec 16
The government will plough £32m into a strategy to regenerate England’s run down estates, communities secretary Sajid Javid has announced.
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5 Dec 16
Local authorities should monitor and act on signs that community cohesion is breaking down to ensure Britain remains fair and inclusive, according to Dame Louise Casey.
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9 Nov 16
Nearly every council has signed up for a four-year funding settlement by filing an efficiency plan with the Department for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid has revealed.
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1 Nov 16
County and district finance chiefs are to meet later this month to consider a potential change to the split in business rates revenue once the tax is fully localised to local government.
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30 Sep 16
Government plans for business rate localisation imply a major redistribution of resources on the first day of the scheme that could create financial uncertainty for councils in the rest of the decade...
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18 Aug 16
Levels of homelessness have risen to the extent that a new government-wide strategy is needed, including greater monitoring of local authorities’ homelessness performance, a committee of MPs has...
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6 Jul 16
Overall council spending in England will fall by almost £1bn or 1% this year, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government and CIPFA today.
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25 May 16
MPs have launched an inquiry into the interventions at both Tower Hamlets and Rotherham councils to determine the effectiveness of Whitehall’s imposition of commissioners.
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20 Apr 16
From next year, council tenants earning over a set amount will pay higher rents, with the extra amount going to the Treasury. This is punitive and will be a bureaucratic nightmare, critics say