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2 Jun 20
Manchester City Council is set to form a part-council-owned housing development company, in a bid to provide more affordable homes.
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2 Jun 20
Rochdale Borough Council has suspended its risk-sharing agreement with the borough’s clinical commissioning group, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2 Jun 20
The House of Lords Select Committee on Public Services has launched an inquiry into the role of public services during the coronavirus pandemic – with a view to ensuring any positive outcomes are fed...
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28 May 20
Salford City Council has revised a deal with a property management organisation to remove dangerous cladding from nine tower blocks in the city.
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28 May 20
Liverpool’s combined authority has warned its funding gap could hit £250m as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and has written to the government calling for ‘fairer funding’.
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26 May 20
The government’s £1bn Building Safety Fund aimed at making high-rise and high-risk buildings across the country safe from fire has been branded inadequate by the Greater Manchester High Rise Task...
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26 May 20
The proposed new border in the Irish Sea is “unlikely” to be fully operational by the 31 December deadline, according to a report from think-tank the Institute for Government.
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18 May 20
The HS2 high-speed rail project has gone “badly off course” and the government needs regular, accurate and open updates on the problems the project is facing, according to a report from the Public...
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5 May 20
Rehousing individuals and families currently on the waiting list for council housing could take up to 17 years, given the current backlog and the slow pace of development, research from CIPFA has...
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30 Apr 20
The government has confirmed a further delay to the Fair Funding Review for councils, due to the disruption caused by coronavirus.
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27 Apr 20
Oldham County Council has become the latest to call on the government to provide further funding to authorities, as they struggle to offset costs incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
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23 Apr 20
The Welsh government is making £33m available to councils to continue free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
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20 Apr 20
Local authorities are to receive an additional £1.6bn from central government to help deal with the immediate impacts of coronavirus.
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16 Apr 20
The UK government has given the green light for construction work to take place on HS2 during the coronavirus lockdown.
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15 Apr 20
The Office for Budget Responsibility has predicted UK GDP could fall by as much as 35% in the second quarter of this year, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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9 Apr 20
The Treasury is set to extend its emergency overdraft from the Bank of England to help finance the fight against coronavirus.
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8 Apr 20
Blanket deferrals or non-payment of council tax could have a “serious effect” on council funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the County Councils Network.
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8 Apr 20
The UK government’s job retention scheme, aimed at saving jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, could cost up to three times the amount originally forecast, according to think-tank the Resolution...
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27 Mar 20
Government borrowing is forecast to be as high £177bn in 2020-21, but still lower than in 2009, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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25 Mar 20
City of York Council leader Keith Aspden has warned his council faces a £20m shortfall in funding due to rising costs in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.
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25 Mar 20
Lending between councils has dropped as councils look to keep hold of cash due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, according to treasury adviser Arlingclose.
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24 Mar 20
NHS England has agreed a deal with private healthcare providers to expand hospital capacity to battle the coronavirus pandemic
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11 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak promised more than £600bn of infrastructure spending over the next five years in his first Budget as chancellor.
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9 Mar 20
Health secretary Matt Hancock has written to MPs and peers asking for their views on adult social reforms, as the government attempts to reach a cross-party consensus.
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6 Mar 20
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
2 Jun 20Manchester City Council is set to form a part-council-owned housing development company, in a bid to provide more affordable homes.
2 Jun 20Rochdale Borough Council has suspended its risk-sharing agreement with the borough’s clinical commissioning group, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2 Jun 20The House of Lords Select Committee on Public Services has launched an inquiry into the role of public services during the coronavirus pandemic – with a view to ensuring any positive outcomes are fed...
28 May 20Salford City Council has revised a deal with a property management organisation to remove dangerous cladding from nine tower blocks in the city.
28 May 20Liverpool’s combined authority has warned its funding gap could hit £250m as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and has written to the government calling for ‘fairer funding’.
26 May 20The government’s £1bn Building Safety Fund aimed at making high-rise and high-risk buildings across the country safe from fire has been branded inadequate by the Greater Manchester High Rise Task...
26 May 20The proposed new border in the Irish Sea is “unlikely” to be fully operational by the 31 December deadline, according to a report from think-tank the Institute for Government.
18 May 20The HS2 high-speed rail project has gone “badly off course” and the government needs regular, accurate and open updates on the problems the project is facing, according to a report from the Public...
5 May 20Rehousing individuals and families currently on the waiting list for council housing could take up to 17 years, given the current backlog and the slow pace of development, research from CIPFA has...
27 Apr 20Oldham County Council has become the latest to call on the government to provide further funding to authorities, as they struggle to offset costs incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
23 Apr 20The Welsh government is making £33m available to councils to continue free school meals for children over the summer holidays.
16 Apr 20The UK government has given the green light for construction work to take place on HS2 during the coronavirus lockdown.
9 Apr 20The Treasury is set to extend its emergency overdraft from the Bank of England to help finance the fight against coronavirus.
8 Apr 20Blanket deferrals or non-payment of council tax could have a “serious effect” on council funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the County Councils Network.
27 Mar 20Government borrowing is forecast to be as high £177bn in 2020-21, but still lower than in 2009, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
25 Mar 20City of York Council leader Keith Aspden has warned his council faces a £20m shortfall in funding due to rising costs in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.
24 Mar 20NHS England has agreed a deal with private healthcare providers to expand hospital capacity to battle the coronavirus pandemic
11 Mar 20Rishi Sunak promised more than £600bn of infrastructure spending over the next five years in his first Budget as chancellor.
9 Mar 20Health secretary Matt Hancock has written to MPs and peers asking for their views on adult social reforms, as the government attempts to reach a cross-party consensus.
6 Mar 20The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
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