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Scottish councils demand £750m social care lifeline

24/10/2025

Scotland’s political leaders have been told they face a ‘defining moment’ for local services — with social care at the centre of a new call for action.

EXCLUSIVE: Fair funding fightback

24/10/2025

An alliance of urban authorities is pressing the Government to change tack on the fair funding review.

SEND Crisis: EHCP demand soars 250%, warns IPPR

22/10/2025

The UK’s system for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is ‘no longer fit for purpose’, according to a new IPPR report.

National Wealth Fund to transform sector support

22/10/2025

A Treasury body created to boost economic growth through private investment and public funding has promised to work more closely with the sector.

Autumn Budget Insights: SEND reform needed to break vicious cycle

20/10/2025

Darcey Snape of the IFS warns that without urgent SEND reform, councils face growing deficits and families risk being let down.

LGA: Costs pushing many to financial brink

17/10/2025

Emergency government bailout agreements for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ as costs outstrip available resources and push many to the financial brink, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned ahead of the Budget.

SOLACE: Funding fails to offset the years of lost cash, claims president

16/10/2025

Central government funding for regeneration is positive but ‘can only go so far in offsetting the long years of lost funding', Solace president Robin Tuddenham has claimed.

England’s councils face poorest finances since 2010

16/10/2025

Local authorities in England are set to be poorer by the end of this parliament than they were in 2010, according the Institute for Government (IfG).

Autumn Budget Insights: The local government balancing act

16/10/2025

Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis, explores how the Chancellor’s fiscal choices could shape local growth and investment for years to come.

Reorganisation and fair funding will 'throw cards up in the air' on budgets

16/10/2025

The impact of reorganisation and the fair funding review will ‘throw all the cards up in the air' for councils trying to hit budget, sector expert has warned.

Government pledges £80m to support children’s hospices

15/10/2025

Children’s and young people’s hospices in England will receive £80m over the next three years.

Pride in Place: Breathing new life into neglected communities

14/10/2025

Emma Lloyd, Anthony Collins, explores the new Pride in Place Programme, which will invest £5bn to help local authorities revitalise overlooked areas.

Autumn Budget Insights: Can reorganisation and finance move in step?

10/10/2025

The Autumn Budget is a test of whether the Government can align fiscal policy with local government reorganisation (LGR), says Jonathan Carr-West, LGIU.

Council adopts AI platform to support local funding scheme

09/10/2025

An AI-powered tool is being used by the Royal Borough of Greenwich to help allocate the region’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds.

Government unveils £84m homelessness package

09/10/2025

Thousands of people facing homelessness will receive urgent help this winter thanks to a new £84m Government funding package announced on World Homeless Day.

EXCLUSIVE: Food waste new burdens assessment still not completed

09/10/2025

Whitehall has yet to complete a new burdens assessment for introducing separate food waste collections with six months until the policy has to be implemented.

Hillingdon Council warns of £2m bill from Chagos arrivals

09/10/2025

Hillingdon Council has raised concerns over the financial impact of recent arrivals from the Chagos Islands.

West Midlands mayor launches £40m social housing fund

09/10/2025

Mayor Richard Parker has announced a £40m Social Housing Accelerator Fund to fast-track the delivery of 1,000 new social homes across the West Midlands.

UNISON: Councils on the brink as £4bn shortfall looms

09/10/2025

Councils are facing a £4bn funding black hole next year, leaving the most vulnerable paying the price for years of underfunding, warns UNISON.

Minister announces £20m museum boost

08/10/2025

Local museums across England are set to benefit from a share of a £20m Government fund designed to revitalise civic museums and enhance community engagement.

Councils face 10 house building hurdles, report says

06/10/2025

Rising costs, skills shortages, and complex regulation are among the key challenges faced by local authorities when it comes to delivering new houses.

Fixing fragmented procurement to transform social housing

03/10/2025

Dan Germann, Durkan Regen, says by taking a longer-term approach to regenerating social housing, councils can maximise value from private sector partnerships.

Cabinet backs ‘transformational’ new high school plans

30/09/2025

Northumberland County Council has approved the business case for a £50m high school development.

£20m secured to restore historic Southport Pier

29/09/2025

Sefton Council has welcomed confirmation that the Government will provide full funding, estimated at around £20m, to restore the historic Southport Pier.

Planning recruitment at risk as apprenticeship funding cuts bite

25/09/2025

Thirty-three organisations across planning, housing, nature, and energy are urging the Government to provide £7m to recruit and train apprentice planners.

Bracknell Forest Council reveals ‘impossible’ funding gap

25/09/2025

Bracknell Forest Council could expect a budget gap of nearly £20m across the next three years.

‘Pride in Place’: Councils empowered to drive high street regeneration

25/09/2025

The Government has unveiled a new initiative aimed at giving communities more control over the regeneration of struggling high streets and neighbourhoods.

Councils hit by £266m temporary housing funding shortfall

25/09/2025

Councils face a soaring bill for temporary housing as the funding gap widens by 30% in a year, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Funding has ‘saved’ Birnbeck Pier restoration

19/09/2025

The restoration of Birnbeck pier is ‘full steam ahead’ after funding of over £5m is delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Councils spend record £2.8bn on temporary housing

18/09/2025

The Government has released new figures showing that local councils in England spent £2.8bn on temporary accommodation for homeless households in 2024/25.

Council leader calls for vital funding reforms

15/09/2025

The leader of Barnsley Council has highlighted the urgency of delivering funding reforms to Red Wall areas.

‘Striking’ Ada Lovelace statue to be placed in Hinckley

12/09/2025

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council has confirmed plans to install an 8ft statue of famous mathematician and one of the world’s first computer programmers, Ada Lovelace.

Billions spent on SEND – but is it paying off?

11/09/2025

Financial experts have warned there is almost no way to assess whether the billions spent on England’s SEND system represent value for money.

Airport reopening ‘unanimously’ approved by leaders

10/09/2025

Funding of over £150m has been approved to support the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Pier regeneration project ‘at jeopardy’ due to funding gap

09/09/2025

North Somerset Council has revealed that insufficient funding could see the Birnbeck Pier restoration project abandoned.

Rural Somerset to benefit from EV infrastructure boost

04/09/2025

Somerset Council has been granted almost £4m to support the rollout of electric vehicle (EV) charge points.

Mayor voices support for airport reopening

02/09/2025

The mayor of South Yorkshire is advocating for the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Overstretched schools need clearer roles, says union

02/09/2025

Education staff are carrying disproportionate responsibilities, according to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).

Councils forgo over £50m second homes revenue

01/09/2025

The sale of second homes has seen up to £55m less council tax revenue generated for local authorities.

Underfunding, Not Demand, Is Breaking SEND

29/08/2025

Jack Lowman, Sense, says properly funding the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is vital for disabled children to get the best start.

One in 10 supported homes at risk

29/08/2025

50,000 specialist homes for people with support needs are at imminent risk of closure due to ongoing funding pressures, National Housing Federation warns.

£600m boost secures holiday support for children

28/08/2025

Local authority leaders have welcomed the Government’s decision to invest £600m to extend the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

Supported housing shortage costs NHS £71m, warns LGA

27/08/2025

Local government leaders have called on the Government to invest more in supported housing to help save the NHS £50m a year.

Town halls forced to sell community assets as debts mount

26/08/2025

Local authorities across the UK are selling off public assets – such as schools and care homes – to try and reduce a collective debt of £122bn.

Scottish Borders props up leisure services provider

22/08/2025

Scottish Borders Council has agreed to provide a £1m loan to its leisure services provider as it grapples with a budget shortfall.

Dorset Council reveals lower homelessness rates

22/08/2025

Dorset Council’s temporary accommodation (TA) rates have dropped by over half following the launch of ‘successful prevention initiatives’.

The Unfair Cost of ‘Fairer’ Funding for London

22/08/2025

Cllr Elizabeth Campbell, leader of Kensington and Chelsea, warns that the Government’s fairer funding plans could force London councils into cutting services.

Reform UK mayor accused of ‘breach of trust’

20/08/2025

One of Reform UK’s metro mayors has been accused of a ‘serious breach of trust’ after launching a new website promoting a ‘non-existent’ £1m community fund.

Funding reforms ‘burden’ taxpayers, CCN warns

19/08/2025

Residents of county and rural regions will face ‘maximum council tax rises’ under the Government’s fair funding reforms, the County Councils Network (CCN) has warned.

Over £300m Ukrainian refugee funding unspent

19/08/2025

More than £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees still sits in council bank accounts, freedom of information (FOI) request reveals.

Reform-controlled council cuts Pride funding

18/08/2025

The Reform UK leadership of Durham County Council has been accused of ‘promoting division’ after it cut funding for next year's Pride event.

Councils bite back at food waste recycling rollout plan

14/08/2025

Councils will not be told how much money they will receive to roll out food waste recycling until months before the implementation date, Government admits.

Nearly £10m digital inclusion fund announced

13/08/2025

Local authorities across the UK could benefit from £9.5m of digital inclusion funding, the Government has announced.

Councils need more funding and powers to save bus services, MPs say

13/08/2025

More funding and powers should be given to local authorities to better protect and improve declining local bus services, MPs have said.

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument

12/08/2025

Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents to back their favoured reorganisation proposal.

Social care services in Wales receive £30m boost

12/08/2025

Local authorities across Wales are set to receive a £30m funding boost from the Welsh Government to strengthen community-based social care services.

Child protection reforms get £18m boost

08/08/2025

The Government has announced an £18m funding boost to support the roll out of early intervention child protection reforms to councils in England.

IFS: Fair Funding reforms set to create big ‘winners’ and ‘losers’

07/08/2025

Inner London is set to be the biggest loser ‘by far’ from the Government’s proposed Fair Funding reforms, a the Institute for Fiscal Studies has calculated.

Local youth services to receive £88m boost

06/08/2025

The Government has launched a youth service support package backed by an £88m investment.

'Serious issues' over Fair Funding formula

01/08/2025

A key part of the proposed Fair Funding formula must be removed due to ‘serious issues', London Councils has demanded.

Suffolk CC to launch self-driving vehicle study

29/07/2025

Suffolk County Council has received over £70,000 to fund a study of driverless shuttle services.

Sunderland invests over £700,000 to support people with learning disabilities

25/07/2025

Sunderland City Council is to allocate £724,000 to help people with learning difficulties or autism carry out adaptions to their homes when they are discharged from hospital.

Councils facing ‘skyrocketing’ service costs, says report

23/07/2025

Councils are expected to spend an estimated £139bn on the delivery of public services this year, says a report.

PM says 'lots of housing' exists across councils

22/07/2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has claimed there is ‘lots of housing’ that can be used to provide temporary accommodation across local authorities.

Councils benefit from £15m boost for nature schemes

18/07/2025

Councils are to receive £15m funding to enrich green areas in towns and cities.

Councils urged to boost scarce holiday childcare spaces

17/07/2025

Only 9% of councils have sufficient holiday childcare places for at least 75% of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in their area, a survey has revealed.

LGOF: Will it work?

16/07/2025

Dr Jonathan Carr-West, LGIU, discusses the Local Government Outcomes Framework (LGOF), the latest instalment in the history of local government accountability.

Government deploys ‘innovation squads’ in £100m pilot

16/07/2025

Ten communities across England are set to be visited by ‘innovation squads’ as part of a £100m pilot to improve local services.

Councils face pressure to cut back on prevention spending

15/07/2025

Overstretched budgets mean that care leaders have been forced to reduce spending on prevention by more than 10% this year, a new ADASS survey has revealed.

Councils secure funding for EV charging scheme

14/07/2025

Local authorities are to benefit from a £25m scheme to enable cheaper electric vehicle (EV) charging for those without off-street parking.

Mayor of London announces £600k high street boost

14/07/2025

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £600,000 investment to revitalise local high streets in the capital.

Rollout of £500m fund to support young people

14/07/2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to announce the launch of the Better Futures Fund, a £500m initiative to help reduce youth poverty.

Councils must support care-experienced young people, says report

11/07/2025

More funding is required to improve early intervention services for children’s social care, says Education Committee.

Notting Hill Carnival receives vital funding boost

10/07/2025

Councils have delivered almost £1m of extra funding to enable Notting Hill Carnival to take place as planned this year.

Councils set to benefit from ‘bespoke’ housebuilding support

08/07/2025

A vanguard of 10 councils has been selected to co-design the new Council Housebuilding Support Service (CHoSS).

Family Hubs to open in every council area

07/07/2025

The Government has announced a plan to open 1,000 Sure Start-inspired Family Hubs by 2028 to help deliver support to parents in every council area in England.

LGA: Councils have £276bn of untapped potential

04/07/2025

Government support overcoming place-specific barriers to growth could help local authorities unleash £276bn of untapped economic potential, research suggests.

Rayner: Over £1.5bn of funding pots to be merged

03/07/2025

Over £1.5bn worth of capital funding pots are to be merged to help free councils from ‘needless bureaucracy’, according to deputy PM Angela Rayner.

NAO: Council capacity issues undermining bus services

27/06/2025

Financial pressures on councils have meant that local bus services have continued to decline despite Government intervention, new report by the NAO has found.

Call for proactive social care to support pensioners

27/06/2025

Researchers have recommended proactive social care to support pensioners’ ‘right[s] to live and age well’.

Councillor warns of ‘tidal wave’ of SEND demand

24/06/2025

West Sussex County Council has warned it is facing a ‘tidal wave of demand’ for services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

School buildings to get £3bn maintenance boost

20/06/2025

Investment in the maintenance of school buildings is set to rise to almost £3bn per year as part of the Government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy.

Government announces ‘fairer funding’ reforms

20/06/2025

Local government funding will be overhauled to support left behind places, while competitive bidding for funding will be scrapped, Government announced.

Notting Hill Carnival’s future in question

19/06/2025

The current levels of local government support are not enough to address safety concerns with the Notting Hill Carnival, leaked letter from organiser warns.

Council confirms funding for school repairs and SEND services

16/06/2025

Kirklees Council has approved a £5.4m investment into local schools, funding repair projects and facilities for pupils with complex needs.

Funding unlocked for 100,000 new local EV chargepoints

13/06/2025

Government has confirmed a funding boost to support the installation of 100,000 new local electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints.

Dudley town centres could receive major makeovers

12/06/2025

Dudley council chiefs will next week discuss multi-million-pound improvement proposals for town centre regeneration projects.

Spending Review: Council leaders warn of tax rises and cuts

12/06/2025

Local authorities will be forced to increase council tax and make further cuts despite ‘positive’ funding commitments in Spending Review, council chiefs say.

Spending Review: Deprived communities get local growth funding

11/06/2025

Deprived communities set to benefit from local growth funding, reveals Chancellor Reeves.

Council chiefs demand funding to boost children’s play facilities

10/06/2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for ‘long-term, consistent funding’ to help councils implement the national play strategy.

The £37,000 SEND Problem

10/06/2025

Natalie Kenneison, COO at Imosphere, argues that the real SEND funding crisis isn’t just about budgets - it’s about the systems behind the decisions.

Council chiefs call for boost to occupational therapist workforce

09/06/2025

Council leaders have called on the Government to invest in occupational therapists (OTs) to improve health, care, and prevention strategy outcomes.

SEND system in urgent need of reform, says LGA

09/06/2025

A new report by the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for urgent reform of SEND services.

Vital bus services plummet in rural areas

09/06/2025

Rural bus services have decreased by 18% since 2019 due to insufficient transport funding in county and rural areas, new research reveals.

‘Urgent’ call for sustainable homecare funding

06/06/2025

New research reveals local authorities are ‘consistently failing to fund homecare’, with 27% of contracts falling below minimum wage.

EXCLUSIVE: Ministry admits disabled grant delay

05/06/2025

Councils will not receive their 2025-26 Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding until late June, admits Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

London Councils: SEND funding ‘sums don’t add up’

05/06/2025

Sixteen of London’s 33 local authorities are at risk of bankruptcy due to SEND funding pressures, London Councils warns.

Government announces allocation of £7.6m reorganisation fund

04/06/2025

The Government has revealed how much of the £7.6m grant to support the cost of local government reorganisation each region will receive.

Fears for council funding as ‘unprotected’ departments face cuts

02/06/2025

Council leaders have told the Chancellor they ‘desperately need’ more funding in the Spending Review as financial experts warn ‘unprotected’ government departments could face cuts.

Hillingdon considers asylum seeker funding legal action

30/05/2025

Hillingdon Council is considering legal action against the Government after the Home Office refused to provide extra funding to house asylum seekers.

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