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4 days ago · Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures. Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
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News | LocalGov. A national planning objective to promote sustainable transport has failed to reduce car reliance in new housing developments, research has revealed. Eight out of 10 councils are on course to overspend their adult social care budget this financial year, directors of adult social services have warned.
Reeves to call for consolidation of £354bn council pension funds
3 days ago · Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce plans to encourage more consolidation among the UK's local government pension funds to reduce costs and boost infrastructure investment. During her Mansion House speech on Wednesday, the Chancellor is expected to encourage more pooling of local government pension funds, …
New powers for councils to tackle empty shops | LocalGov
2 days ago · Introduced in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, the high street rental auction powers will enable councils to auction one to five year leases of vacant city, town or village centre properties. The site must have been empty for more than 365 days in a two-year period, and the local authority must first attempt to work with the landlord ...
Council tax cap to remain at 5% | LocalGov
16 hours ago · Council tax increases will be kept at the 5% cap next year, Labour have confirmed. Kemi Badenoch yesterday in the Commons questioned the Prime Minister about the threshold limiting the amount councils can increase council tax by without a referendum. Keir Starmer responded that MPs ‘will know what the arrangements are’, prompting the ...
Transforming Local Government: A Strategic Guide for Labour
Jul 5, 2024 · A recent white paper by the Local Government Association (LGA) revealed that councils in England face a funding gap of £6.2bn over the next two years, a gap driven mostly by rising cost and demand pressures on services such as adult social care, children's services, and homelessness support. These pressures are felt particularly acutely on the ...
New index reveals most and least prosperous local authorities
May 13, 2021 · A new index to track the Government's progress on its 'levelling up' agenda has been launched today by a think tank. The Legatum Institute has published the UK Prosperity Index revealing the prosperity of every local authority in the UK highlighting considerable variation between and within regions.. It reveals that the most prosperous regions of the UK are the South East, South West, and East ...
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Aug 19, 2024 · Digital | LocalGov. Not appropriate to remain on X, council says. 21/10/2024. Chippenham Town Council has announced it will leave social media platform X amid ‘a significant increase in unfiltered and inappropriate content’. Councils lack adequate support on AI, research finds. 30/09/2024. Local authorities are being left without adequate ...
Right to Buy-back scheme helps councils buy over 1,500 homes
Aug 10, 2022 · The Mayor of London’s flagship Right to Buy-back scheme has brought more than 1,500 homes back into public ownership. Since the scheme’s launch in July 2021, 14 boroughs have been allocated £152m to purchase 1,577 market homes that will be made available at affordable rates. The homes will be either council homes let at social rent or ...
New local government Ombudsman appointed | LocalGov
Jan 18, 2024 · Image: lgo.org.uk Amerdeep Somal will be the next Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, the Government has confirmed. Ms Somal has previously served as the complaints commissioner to the Financial Regulators and the chief commissioner at the Data and Marketing Commission.