Councils outside of London anticipate being forced to raise council tax to cover the spiralling costs of adult and children’s social care, including SEND, while rising homelessness and a lack of...
Three in five mid-sized cities will be forced to dip into reserves this year in the face of severe financial pressure, while others will rely on service redesign, the sale of council assets and...
The government will fail to accelerate the transition to net zero without the devolution of funding and additional resources to boost local authority capacity, city leaders have warned.
