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WEB4 days ago · Councils on standby for Lebanon evacuation. 02/10/2024. Councils will be responsible for reception arrangements helping British nationals arriving from Lebanon after the Government began an evacuation. Brum misses out on £165m in council tax. Value of rental arrears jumps 70%. Councils invited to bid for nature funding.
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WEBAcademics have called for an overhaul of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), including making it independent from Whitehall. Two million older people living with ‘unmet’ care need. 27/09/2024. More than one in four (28%) people aged over 80 are living with some unmet need for social care, a new report by Age UK has found.
Higher spend on prevention could deliver £11bn return
WEB11 hours ago · Targeting more funding towards preventative services could deliver an extra £11bn annual return on investment (ROI), according to new research. The NHS Confederation report found that the top 20 interventions by ROI were community based, but noted that the public health grant to councils, which …
How to fix local government finance | LocalGov
WEBSep 25, 2023 · Image: jamesteohart / Shutterstock.com. Dr Greg Stride and Dr Andrew Walker at the LGIU Local Democracy Research Centre look at what the UK can learn from other countries when it comes to financing local government.. When Birmingham issued a section 114 notice at the start of September, it reconfirmed a fact we have known for some time now: English local government finance is broken.
Council’s ‘financial resilience’ in question | LocalGov
WEB10 hours ago · The ‘financial resilience’ of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is in question after a Cabinet meeting heard this year's forecast overspend had risen from £9.9m to £12.4m. A council spokesperson said the local authority’s financial challenges were the result of rising demand for services, particularly social care and ...
LGA calls for regeneration fund extension | LocalGov
WEB14 hours ago · This willl leave councils facing a ‘cliff edge’, according to the Local Government Association (LGA), which has urged the Government to provide an extra year's funding. It warned that the deadline was starting to impact the delivery of locally led schemes like regenerating high streets, skills training and creating jobs. In its submission ...
Parish councils can apply to £150m Community Ownership Fund
WEBMay 12, 2023 · Parish councils are now able to apply to the multi-million-pound Community Ownership Fund. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) today launched the third round of its £150m Community Ownership Fund. The aim of the fund is to help community projects to save local assets, such as …
Right to Buy-back scheme helps councils buy over 1,500 homes
WEBAug 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 …
New index reveals most and least prosperous local authorities
WEBMay 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 ...
Fostering innovation in UK local councils | LocalGov
WEBJul 8, 2020 · In summary, UK local councils are under significant stress due to funding reductions, social and environmental pressures, increasing customer expectation and now the COVID-19 shock. A low cost, but highly realistic route to tackle some of these challenges is to engage more proactively and directly with …