New SIGOMA chair: ‘We need certainty’ on council funding
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
Youth homelessness rates to surge over colder months
19/11/2025 Over 20,000 young people could experience homelessness over winter, a charity has predicted. |
North Lincs offers pensioners free air fryers
04/12/2024 North Lincolnshire Council will use funding from the household support fund to offer pensioners a free air fryer. |
Councils help rough sleepers as temperatures drop
20/11/2024 Local authorities across the country are offering emergency accommodation to people sleeping on the streets as temperatures fall below freezing. |
An alternative to Winter Fuel Payments
08/10/2024 Alex Clegg, economist at the Resolution Foundation, sets out a possible alternative to Winter Fuel Payments. |
Nearly eight million families at risk of ‘fuel stress’
30/09/2024 A think tank has urged the Government to support vulnerable people who are no longer eligible for winter fuel payments, warning that millions are at risk. |
Starmer defeated in winter fuel payment vote
25/09/2024 The Labour leadership has lost a union-sponsored motion at the party’s conference that called on ministers to reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments. |
Government urged to reverse fuel payment cuts
20/09/2024 Councillors in Stockton have backed a motion urging the Government to reverse its ‘deeply unfair’ decision to stop providing the Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners. |
Councils step up to help pensioners hit by winter fuel scheme cuts
16/09/2024 Councils are working to help older people keep their homes warm after the Government axed winter fuel payments for about 10 million pensioners. |
Food banks warn of ‘worst winter yet’
18/10/2023 A record 600,000 people will need the support of a food bank this winter, according to the Trussell Trust. |
£40m winter boost for social care
14/09/2023 The Government has announced £40m to improve social care capacity with an aim to relieve pressure on hospitals over the winter. |
NHS trusts receive £250m boost
15/08/2023 Thirty NHS trusts across England are set to benefit from £250m of funding to help the struggling health service cope with winter pressures. |
Housing associations call for more energy bill support
14/08/2023 Thirty-four of the country’s leading housing associations have called for more targeted support to help millions of people with energy bills this winter. |
