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24 Nov 17
The silence on social care in the Budget was worrying, says Rob Whiteman, but there were some winners in the chancellor's announcement on Wednesday.
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23 Nov 17
We need more than the measures announced in yesterday’s Budget to solve the housing crisis, says the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Melanie Rees.
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23 Nov 17
CIPFA’s local authority fraud tracker shows that councils are concentrating on higher value fraud, and housing tops the list.
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23 Nov 17
Bodies representing public sector workers have criticised the lack of action on the pay cap in the Budget yesterday.
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22 Nov 17
Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps will be lifted for local authorities in areas of “high affordability pressures” to build more homes, it was revealed in the Budget today.
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20 Nov 17
The chancellor will use this week’s Autumn Budget to set out how the government will build 300,000 homes a year, 100,000 more than currently built each year, it emerged over the weekend.
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16 Nov 17
English housing associations are to be reclassified as private bodies, wiping their £66bn debt off the government balance sheet.
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15 Nov 17
The Right to Buy scheme could “grind to a halt” because local authorities do not have the cash to replace sold homes, the Local Government Association has warned.
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13 Nov 17
The government must scrap council borrowing caps to enable house building and enforce a 50% affordable homes target on public land developments.
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8 Nov 17
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has claimed it is a "different organisation now", in response to a highly critical report into its handling of the Grenfell Tower...
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7 Nov 17
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea “failed its community” on the night of the Grenfell fire and in the weeks that followed, according to the taskforce set up to examine...
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6 Nov 17
Homelessness will rise unless the freeze is lifted on the Local Housing Allowance rate for families in the private rented sector, council leaders have warned.
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3 Nov 17
Council departments need to work together to improve walking connectivity between new housing developments, says Local Government Information Unit policy researcher Andrew Walker.
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1 Nov 17
Derby Homes recruited a theatre company and local young people to shine a spotlight on its achievements instead of its usual report
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1 Nov 17
The government has outlined its vision for a “tailored” approach to supported housing, which would give local authorities more control.
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27 Oct 17
Plans to cap housing benefit at Local Housing Allowance rates in social housing have been scrapped, the prime minister announced this week.
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24 Oct 17
While there has been some progress on improving the private rented sector more needs to be done - including looking into whether local authorities have the capacity to tackle rogue landlords,...
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23 Oct 17
The government should borrow money to build more homes, according to the communities secretary.
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20 Oct 17
The government has announced an extra £11.7m in new burdens funding to local authorities to help them meet their obligations under the Homelessness Reduction Act – but councils warned...
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20 Oct 17
Local housing companies are becoming important providers of housing and could be building up to 15,000 homes a year by 2022, a think-tank has said.
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16 Oct 17
Employers and the government should pay contributions to help employees save for a mortgage rather than pay pensions contributions, a report out today said.
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16 Oct 17
An end to mutual healthcare arrangements between the UK and EU would cost the NHS an extra £500m a year, the Brexit Health Alliance has warned.
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16 Oct 17
Theresa May's promise of an extra £2bn for housing may have signalled a welcome change of approach but the government needs to do more to truly tackle the housing crisis, says...
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13 Oct 17
The communities and local government committee has launched an inquiry into the role of local authorities in tackling ‘rogue landlords’.
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6 Oct 17
A homelessness charity has called on the government to change rules on housing eligibility that “shut out many homeless people”, in a report released today.
24 Nov 17The silence on social care in the Budget was worrying, says Rob Whiteman, but there were some winners in the chancellor's announcement on Wednesday.
23 Nov 17We need more than the measures announced in yesterday’s Budget to solve the housing crisis, says the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Melanie Rees.
23 Nov 17CIPFA’s local authority fraud tracker shows that councils are concentrating on higher value fraud, and housing tops the list.
23 Nov 17Bodies representing public sector workers have criticised the lack of action on the pay cap in the Budget yesterday.
22 Nov 17Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps will be lifted for local authorities in areas of “high affordability pressures” to build more homes, it was revealed in the Budget today.
20 Nov 17The chancellor will use this week’s Autumn Budget to set out how the government will build 300,000 homes a year, 100,000 more than currently built each year, it emerged over the weekend.
16 Nov 17English housing associations are to be reclassified as private bodies, wiping their £66bn debt off the government balance sheet.
15 Nov 17The Right to Buy scheme could “grind to a halt” because local authorities do not have the cash to replace sold homes, the Local Government Association has warned.
13 Nov 17The government must scrap council borrowing caps to enable house building and enforce a 50% affordable homes target on public land developments.
8 Nov 17The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has claimed it is a "different organisation now", in response to a highly critical report into its handling of the Grenfell Tower...
7 Nov 17The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea “failed its community” on the night of the Grenfell fire and in the weeks that followed, according to the taskforce set up to examine...
6 Nov 17Homelessness will rise unless the freeze is lifted on the Local Housing Allowance rate for families in the private rented sector, council leaders have warned.
3 Nov 17Council departments need to work together to improve walking connectivity between new housing developments, says Local Government Information Unit policy researcher Andrew Walker.
1 Nov 17Derby Homes recruited a theatre company and local young people to shine a spotlight on its achievements instead of its usual report
1 Nov 17The government has outlined its vision for a “tailored” approach to supported housing, which would give local authorities more control.
27 Oct 17Plans to cap housing benefit at Local Housing Allowance rates in social housing have been scrapped, the prime minister announced this week.
24 Oct 17While there has been some progress on improving the private rented sector more needs to be done - including looking into whether local authorities have the capacity to tackle rogue landlords,...
20 Oct 17The government has announced an extra £11.7m in new burdens funding to local authorities to help them meet their obligations under the Homelessness Reduction Act – but councils warned...
16 Oct 17Employers and the government should pay contributions to help employees save for a mortgage rather than pay pensions contributions, a report out today said.
16 Oct 17An end to mutual healthcare arrangements between the UK and EU would cost the NHS an extra £500m a year, the Brexit Health Alliance has warned.
16 Oct 17Theresa May's promise of an extra £2bn for housing may have signalled a welcome change of approach but the government needs to do more to truly tackle the housing crisis, says...
