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29 Oct 19
The Public Works Loan Board interest rate hike will not have a “significant impact” on council house building, the communities secretary has told MPs.
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18 Oct 19
The government’s failure to engage with local government before hiking Public Works Loan Board interest rates was “completely unacceptable”, the shadow communities secretary has told PF.
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11 Oct 19
Council spend on temporary accommodation has exploded over an eight-year period due to a shortage of social housing, an umbrella group has found.
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24 Sep 19
Growth and local investment is at risk if the government does not provide details of replacement EU funds for communities, council leaders have warned.
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27 Aug 19
Funding shortages and increased demand pressure meant that local authorities had to spend £770m more than planned on children’s services in 2018-19, according to the Local Government Association.
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26 Aug 19
Westminster must reform the Right to Buy and allow councils to keep all the receipts from homes sold under the scheme, the Local Government Association has said.
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29 Jul 19
The new Local Government Association leader has told PF he is “optimistic” about the new cabinet’s understanding of local government.
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3 Jul 19
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman raised concerns over a lack of diversity in council investments, at the annual Local Government Association conference today.
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2 Jul 19
A third of councils fear they will not have the funds to provide their minimum statutory duties for the next three years, a survey has found.
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23 May 19
Council controlled schools were more likely to maintain good Ofsted ratings, the Local Government Association has said.
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15 Feb 19
A more consistent approach to social housebuilding over the past 20 years could have saved the government £7bn in housing benefit payments, research has found.
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1 Feb 19
This year’s Spending Review will be “make or break” for non-essential local services, council chiefs have warned.
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18 Jan 19
Councils have been gearing up for the plunging temperatures and snow forecast for next week, the Local Government Association has said.
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11 Jan 19
Council leaders have hit back at suggestions rising revenues from car parking charges are not re-invested in roads in Great Britain.
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8 Jan 19
The government should relax its centralising tendencies and pass more powers down to local government, particularly counties, a Cabinet minister told the Local Government Association finance...
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8 Nov 18
Children’s services are at a “tipping point” as social services in England take on 1,000 new child cases every day, councils have warned.
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29 Oct 18
Councils could generate up to £320bn for the wider economy in England and Wales over the next 50 years if they were given the investment in the Budget today for a “new generation” of social...
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26 Oct 18
The government must start a campaign to raise the profile of adult social care so people are prepared to pay for it - as many do not know what it is, an umbrella-group has revealed.
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21 Sep 18
The social care system could “collapse” unless the government steps in with more financial support for unpaid carers, council chiefs have claimed.
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19 Sep 18
Funding to build more housing should go to councils – not just housing associations – and must be made available now, council leaders have urged.
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13 Sep 18
Councils in the most deprived areas of England have shouldered 97% of total cuts in spending on services for people in need, according to analysis.
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3 Sep 18
Council leaders have warned of a secondary school “emergency” after calculating 134,000 children will miss out on a place in 2023-24.
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31 Jul 18
Over 40s should pay an annual tax premium to plug the social care sector’s funding gap, council leaders have argued.
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30 Jul 18
It would take more than £9bn over 14 years for councils to clear the current local road repairs backlog, council leaders have warned.
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18 Jul 18
Council leaders have urged the Lords to back a bill to double council tax premiums on empty homes in England in order to tackle a “chronic housing shortage”.