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Cash needed for next-stage Total Place deals

25/07/2024

A funding stream should be created to drive the second iteration of Total Place, a report has argued.

Councils ‘struggling to cope’ with complaints

24/07/2024

More than one in five remedies by councils who have received complaints are being implemented late, Ombudsman finds.

Homelessness pressures 'unsustainable'

24/07/2024

Councils face ‘unsustainable financial pressure' due to record levels of homelessness, according to a public spending watchdog.

Analysis reveals £30bn funding hole in care reforms

19/07/2024

Council chiefs have called for a delay in the introduction of the cap on adult social care costs, describing it as ‘unfunded’.

Councils stuck in social care and hospital ‘doom loop’

16/07/2024

Over-stretched councils are struggling to meet the increasingly complex social care needs of people being discharged from hospital, a new survey has revealed.

Council housing landlords warn of £2.2bn ‘black hole’

11/07/2024

Twenty of England’s largest local authority landlords have warned council housing finances are ‘unsustainable’ with housing budgets facing a £2bn ‘black hole’.

Local authority third-party spend rises 17% to £83bn

10/07/2024

Local authority third-party spend rose by 17% on 2021 to £82.7bn in 2023, with vulnerable citizens and public health and buildings the largest categories.

Corrie star helps save local theatre

10/07/2024

A national campaign led by Coronation star Julie Hesmondhalgh and her husband Ian Kershaw has saved the Oldham Coliseum theatre.

East Sussex could face £55m funding gap

10/07/2024

East Sussex County Council is already warning it could be left with a £55m deficit in its budget next year.

Leeds council proposes SEND transport overhaul

02/07/2024

Leeds City Council has proposed reducing transport support for post-16 learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Middlesbrough to trial auto-enrolment for free school meals

28/06/2024

Eligible children in Middlesbrough will be automatically signed up to receive free school meals from September.

Middlesbrough aims to recover £67m in debts

26/06/2024

Middlesbrough Council is progressing ‘thousands more’ debt cases after stepping up efforts to recover more than £67m.

Service cuts likely, think-tank warns

21/06/2024

Councils could be forced to cut back service provision if cost and demand pressures continue to grow, researchers have warned.

Lib Dem £300m pothole pledge ‘won’t scratch the surface’

20/06/2024

The Liberal Democrats have committed to spending £300m over the next Parliament to fill 1.2 million potholes a year.

Questions raised over funding for housebuilding pledges

19/06/2024

A think-tank has warned that a lack of cash for affordable housing will make political parties’ ambitious housebuilding targets difficult to achieve.

Labour pledges leave questions over council funding

18/06/2024

Questions hang over the future of local government finance in the event of a Labour victory in next month’s General Election.

Councils face £1bn SEND shortfall

18/06/2024

Local authorities in England are facing a critical shortfall of almost £1bn in special needs budgets this year, new research has found.

UNISON: To whoever forms the next government…

14/06/2024

Christina McAnea, general secretary of UNISON, tells LocalGov.co.uk what the sector’s biggest union hopes to see from the next government.

UNISON: More than two-thirds of council youth centres lost

14/06/2024

Funding cuts have led to the closure of more than two-thirds of council-run youth centres in England and Wales since 2010, according to a trade union.

Greens to push for council tax revaluation

14/06/2024

Elected Greens will push for a re-evaluation of council tax bands to ‘reflect big changes in value’ since the 1990s, the party has pledged in its manifesto.

Labour manifesto pledges Right to Buy curbs

13/06/2024

Labour has opened the door to reining in Right to Buy in its manifesto, published today.

Councils looking after record 576k children with SEND

13/06/2024

Local authorities are looking after record numbers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), council chiefs warn.

Conservatives pledge business rates retention expansion

11/06/2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to create business rates retention zones as he launched the Conservatives’ General Election manifesto today.

Lib Dem bid to fix care and end council funding crisis

10/06/2024

The Lib Dems have pledged multi-year settlements and a cross-party solution for social care to help end councils’ current funding crisis in their manifesto today. 

IFS: Funding increases have not reversed austerity

10/06/2024

Councils in England have outspent cash boosts in recent years, leaving core funding 18% lower per person than at the start of the 2010s, think-tank reveals.  

‘Existential crisis’ for councils as £6bn funding gap revealed

06/06/2024

A new Local Government White Paper has uncovered a £6.2bn funding gap facing councils in England over the next two years.

Councils only respond to third of housing complaints

06/06/2024

Local authorities only responded to a third of complaints about hazardous private accommodation between 2021 and 2023, freedom of information data reveals.

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall warning over 'heightened' care provider failure risk

06/06/2024

The risk of adult social care provider failure is ‘currently heightened due to additional pressures in the market,’ a Whitehall document has warned.

Council chiefs call for 10-year sexual health strategy

04/06/2024

Council leaders have called on the next Government to launch a 10-year sexual health strategy after new figures reveal rise in sexually transmitted infections.

Competitive bidding ‘not working for anyone’

31/05/2024

The next government must end the ‘begging bowl culture’ of local growth funding, a think-tank has argued.

Public health grant cut by over 20%

30/05/2024

Services such as sexual health and drug and alcohol programmes have seen their budgets reduced by more than other health care services, a think tank has revealed.

Council bosses call on next government to deliver ‘fundamental reform’

30/05/2024

Local services could reach ‘breaking point’ if the next government fails to deliver long-term funding and ‘fundamental reform’, a cross-party group of council leaders has argued.

Resource concerns over funeral director visits

29/05/2024

Councils fear scarce resources will be stretched to breaking point by Government requests for visits to funeral directors.

National service threat to Shared Prosperity Fund

28/05/2024

Conservative proposals to create a national service scheme could spell the end of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

Stoke-on-Trent council welcomes last-minute £20m levelling up funding

28/05/2024

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has welcomed the approval of £20m in Levelling Up Partnership funding, describing the last-minute decision as a ‘relief’.

Windsor and Maidenhead council issues bankruptcy warning

23/05/2024

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has warned it could be facing effective bankruptcy if financial support is not agreed soon.

RAC: Councils take ‘wildly differing approaches’ to potholes

23/05/2024

Local authorities take very different approaches to deciding whether potholes get fixed, which means many go unrepaired, say RAC and Channel 4’s Dispatches.

Torbay Council secures £20m regeneration boost

22/05/2024

Torbay has been named as the latest place to benefit from a multi-million-pound tailored levelling up regeneration programme.

Nearly 30,000 elderly people die waiting for social care

20/05/2024

Almost 30,000 elderly people died last year before ever receiving the social care for which they were waiting, a new analysis has revealed.

Welsh Government backs digital library platform with £900k

16/05/2024

A new digital platform improving access to library services is set to be rolled out across Wales after receiving a £900,000 boost from the Welsh Government.

Government advisers urge overhaul of infrastructure funding

16/05/2024

Councils should be given more funding to play a greater role in developing infrastructure projects, according to Government advisers.

Wales pushes back council tax reform

15/05/2024

Council tax reforms will not come into force until 2028, the Welsh Government has announced.

Funding restrictions leave climate playing ‘second fiddle’

15/05/2024

The Government’s reliance on competitive funding pots is undermining the ability of local authorities to deliver on climate targets, a new report says.

Third of councils fear being unable to meet Care Act duties

14/05/2024

Only around two thirds of local authorities are confident they will be able to meet all their legal duties under the Care Act next year, council chiefs warn.

Scottish councils face £585m funding gap

14/05/2024

Council leaders across Scotland have called on Holyrood to find a ‘meaningful solution’ to the half a billion pound shortfall faced by local government.

Council invests emergency £5m to tackle ‘potholes menace’

13/05/2024

Lancashire County Council has announced an emergency £5m to deal with the ‘potholes menace’ ruining the county’s roads.

Selling the family silver

09/05/2024

Ryan Swift, research fellow at IPPR North, urges the next Government to stop the mass sell off of council assets.

Government cash call for council housing firms

09/05/2024

Central Government should provide £750m funding to help local government establish housing firms in temporary accommodation hotspots, an expert has suggested.

Watchdogs call for long-term funding for Start for Life

08/05/2024

A scheme to support new parents should be given a minimum level of long-term funding to enable councils to plan provision for longer periods, watchdogs say.

Council forced to close school meal service

03/05/2024

Cheshire East Council has been forced to close a council-run school meal service due to ‘significant budget pressures’.

Council debt up by £52bn since 2010

02/05/2024

Local government debt has increased by 78% since 2010 as councils attempted to make up for cuts to Government funding, new research has revealed.

Call for powers to back up funeral director inspections

01/05/2024

Councils have said they ‘urgently’ need more powers and resources after being tasked with inspecting funeral directors.

What really caused the council funding crisis?

30/04/2024

Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.

Elderly forced to wait over six months for home adaptations

30/04/2024

Elderly and disabled people are being forced to wait over six months for the installation of home adaptations due to poor administration at the local level.

Will local government pick up the tab for increased defence spending?

30/04/2024

Cllr Graham Chapman, SIGOMA, looks at what the PM’s announcement of an increase in defence spending means for local authorities.

Schools in disrepair due to funding ‘failure’, union warns

29/04/2024

More than four-fifths of headteachers (83%) have said they do not have enough money to maintain their school buildings.

Council rejects MP’s ‘inaccurate’ funding claim

26/04/2024

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has accused Derbyshire County Council of leaving unspent millions of pounds for school spaces for children with special needs.

Wirral assurance panel ‘no longer required’

19/04/2024

Wirral MBC’s Independent Assurance Panel (IAP) has officially stood down after declaring it was ‘no longer required’.

How the government can support road improvements

16/04/2024

Jake Michael, RS Bonds, sets out a number of ways the Government can help local authorities improve the condition of the local road network.

Defra withholds £6m of air quality funding

16/04/2024

Around £6m in funding promised to local authorities to help tackle air pollution will be withheld, a Defra spokesperson has confirmed.

Councils face £332m youth homelessness shortfall

15/04/2024

Local authorities in England are facing a £332m annual shortfall in youth homelessness funding, new research has revealed.

Schools face losing over £1bn, think tank warns

11/04/2024

A decline in the number of school-age children could lead to schools losing over £1bn in funding by 2030, education experts warn.

Councils publish pothole battle plans

10/04/2024

Local authorities have published which pothole-stricken roads will benefit from the first tranche of an over £8bn package of reallocated HS2 funding.

Seven heritage projects allocated nearly £15m

09/04/2024

Seven heritage projects across the UK have been allocated £14.8m by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to ‘reimagine and protect’ historic sites.

IFS: £2.5bn Sure Start delivered ‘substantial benefits’

09/04/2024

Children eligible for free school meals who grew up near a Sure Start centre performed up to three grades better at GCSEs than those further away, IFS finds.

Green Liverpool projects win European funding

08/04/2024

Greening projects designed to complement new active travel routes in Liverpool will be funded by a European climate grant worth almost £80,000.

Scottish councils’ debt is one-and-a-half times funding

08/04/2024

The debt of councils in Scotland is more than one-and-a-half times the latest local government funding settlement, the Scottish Conservatives have found.

Council responds to ‘Daventry Banksie’ pothole complaints

08/04/2024

West Northamptonshire Council has responded to an anti-pothole protester with a computer-generated image of a roadside sign laden with song titles.

Museums and libraries receive £33m cash injection

26/03/2024

Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England are to receive £33m in the latest round of the Government's Cultural Investment Fund.

Councils get £295m boost for food waste collections

26/03/2024

Councils in England will share up to £295m in funding to help them introduce weekly food waste collections, Recycling Minister Robbie Moore has announced.

Scottish councils in tax U-turn

25/03/2024

Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde councils had both voted to raise tax in defiance of the Scottish Government's efforts to secure a nationwide freeze.

Bristol SEND services get £54m bailout

25/03/2024

Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services in Bristol are to receive a nearly £54m bailout, the Government has confirmed.

DfT hands councils £38m for road safety

22/03/2024

Ministers have announced £38.3m to improve the safety of 17 high risk local roads in England.

EV charge point rollout gets £185m boost

21/03/2024

Forty-four local authorities are set to receive a share of £185m to help accelerate the rollout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Winners announced on £40m signals cash

21/03/2024

The Department for Transport has published the list of 80 councils sharing £40m to upgrade traffic signals.

PAC: Government has ‘no roadmap’ for fixing social care

20/03/2024

The Government has ‘no roadmap’ for fixing the failing social care system and ‘nothing meaningful’ in place that might demonstrate progress, MPs warn.

Only a third of councils have enough childcare places

19/03/2024

Only a third of English councils are reporting sufficient childcare for parents working full-time, a new survey has revealed.

ALARM: Pothole-riddled roads need £16bn investment

19/03/2024

The condition of roads in England and Wales has continued to decline despite councils spending £143.5m filling in two million potholes this financial year.

CCN: Two-thirds of council budgets spent on care

18/03/2024

Council chiefs have called for an ‘honest discussion’ about services as new research reveals local authorities spend two-thirds of their budgets on care.

Adult social care receives £20m boost

15/03/2024

The struggling adult social care system is set to benefit from a £20m boost, the Government announced today.

Adult social care requests hit record high

13/03/2024

The number of new requests for adult social care support have hit an unprecedented two million, a health and social care charity has revealed.

The elephant in the budget

12/03/2024

The budget provided support to strengthen growth, but bolder action is required to tackle finances, says Amanda Kelly, local government lead at PA Consulting.

Combined authority set to approve £45m transport scheme

12/03/2024

A multi-million-pound transport scheme is set to transform the centres of Harrogate, Selby and Skipton.

Budget: West Midlands to get £15m culture funding boost

06/03/2024

West Midlands Combined Authority is to get a £15m boost in funding for culture, heritage and investment projects in the region, the chancellor has announced.

Budget: Household Support Fund extended

06/03/2024

A scheme aimed at supporting the most vulnerable households will be extended for another six months, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in the Budget.

Brum members approve £300m of cuts

06/03/2024

Councillors at Birmingham City Council have signed off on £300m of cuts over two years and dramatic council tax increases.

Basic efficiency savings all ‘long gone’, Chancellor told

05/03/2024

No more 'basic efficiencies' left to make, leaders tell Chancellor in response to reports he will call for consultants and diversity schemes to be cut.

Chancellor needs to show compassion to most vulnerable

05/03/2024

Cllr Elizabeth Campbell, leader, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, urges the Chancellor to renew the Household Support Fund.

Councils in crisis: time to stop the cycle of decline

04/03/2024

Claire Ward, partner and local government sector specialist at Anthony Collins, discusses the state of local government finances ahead of the Spring Budget.

Less than 20% of levelling up projects completed

04/03/2024

Fewer than a fifth of projects backed by the Government's £3.6bn Towns Fund were on track to be completed by the end of February, FOI requests have revealed.

Council funding crisis ‘existential’

01/03/2024

Local government’s funding crisis threatens to derail ambitions to level up the north of England, it has been claimed.

More areas get level four devolution powers

01/03/2024

West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the Liverpool city region will all receive level four devolved powers, local government secretary Michael Gove has announced.

Majority of northern councils face ‘financial failure’ within five years

01/03/2024

More than half of councils in the north of England are at risk of ‘financial failure’ within the next five years, analysis has found.

Councils set for £2.5bn in exceptional financial support

29/02/2024

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has agreed to grant 19 local authorities ‘in principle’ capitalisation directions worth almost £2.5bn.

£220m boost for homelessness services

28/02/2024

The Government has announced £220m for councils to prevent families from becoming homeless and provide support for people sleeping rough.

Eastbourne BC to vote on declaring housing emergency

28/02/2024

Eastbourne BC, the local authority behind a recent Westminster summit on the temporary-accommodation crisis, will today vote on declaring a housing emergency.

Twenty-four mental health hubs announced

28/02/2024

Twenty-four early support hubs are set to be rolled out in local communities across the country to provide mental health support for young people.

Councils should be given more flexibility over fund, says LGA

27/02/2024

Councils should be given more flexibility over funding, a senior councillor has said in the aftermath of reallocated funding from HS2.

Durham secures £6m to tackle homelessness

27/02/2024

Durham County Council has successfully secured over £6m in funding to tackle homelessness.

£4.7bn local transport cash to support 'smaller cities and towns'

26/02/2024

Local authorities in the North and Midlands have been given a capital boost under a £4.7bn Local Transport Fund, and have a year to prepare plans.

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