Councils will continue to struggle to afford housing for refugees without a funded central framework for responding to humanitarian crises, experts have said.
Concerns over a “completely unsustainable” financial position have forced the London Borough of Croydon to request additional government support, including the write-off of more than £500m of debt.
A senior Labour MP has asked whether the block on new capital spending from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will impede housing projects.
Capital spending restrictions imposed on the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will hamper local authority investment and harm the government’s flagship policy, experts have warned.
Failed commercial investments have prompted Thurrock Council to request £182m of exceptional financial support from the government to help it balance its 2023-24 budget.
A proposed temporary override to financial reporting on councils’ infrastructure has been welcomed by the sector as an opportunity to take a step back and sort out one of the major problems facing...
The government’s flagship policy is at risk of failure without more targeted funding for schools, local authorities and public health, economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have said.
The government is unlikely to hit its target for delivering affordable homes in rural areas, because wider market issues have had “a disproportionate impact” there, a senior civil servant has warned...
Sustained long-term funding and higher local authority retention of right-to-buy sales hold the key to meeting affordable homes targets, experts have said.
Boris Johnson’s ministers rushed out a series of announcements that will impact on local government finances in the final three days of his leadership.
A coastal council in the south of England has paused its plans to sell valuable beach huts amid discussions with the government over £54m of financing flexibilities, it has emerged.
More populated areas in Wales will receive less money from the UK’s post-Brexit development fund per person than sparsely populated areas due to an allocation formula a leading figure at the...
The portal to submit bids for part two of the Levelling up Fund will go live in the coming days following a month-long delay, a senior civil servant has said.
An East Anglian council has claimed the government “short-changed” the authority with the level of support promised through its post-Brexit development fund, meaning “careful planning” is needed to...
The forecast increase to the national living wage could mean councils have to cut services if they do not receive more funding from the government, sector leaders have warned.
An MP has asked the government for clarity on where ‘levelling up’ money is being distributed around the UK, suggesting the array of funding pots makes it “difficult, if not impossible” to see which...
Levelling up minister Michael Gove has suggested that the government could fail to hit its manifesto pledge to provide 300,000 new homes a year by 2025.
Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee has urged the government to provide additional funding to help authorities mitigate services pressures stemming from...
