Councils face £7bn funding gap
Councils in England are facing a £7 billion funding black hole within three years, according to new LGA analysis.
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£2m homes tax ‘damages local accountability’
Councils should not be used to run a national tax for high-value properties that could be expensive for them to administer, confusing for residents and damaging to local accountability, the LGA has warned.
Temporary accommodation costs ‘up tenfold’
Council spending on temporary accommodation has increased by 1,077 per cent in real terms over the past 13 years, new analysis from the LGA reveals.
New ministers for local government
Angela Rayner has returned as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), in new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first Cabinet.
Alarm raised over LGR delivery challenges
The LGA has warned that tight timescales and an “unprecedented scale of disaggregation” arising from local government reorganisation (LGR) “pose significant risks to statutory services”.
Local authorities ‘sidelined’ on fair pay for care staff
Councils are set to be sidelined in negotiations over fair pay for adult social care staff, with no guarantee that all their costs will be covered by government, the LGA has warned.
Most care councils rated ‘good’
Local authorities responsible for adult social care in England are “broadly performing well in the face of significant challenges”, according to a new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
New unitary decisions announced
Unitary plans for a further 14 council areas in England were announced by the former Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed OBE MP in July.
‘Millions’ overspent on social care
Overspends by councils on adult social care remain high, at £715 million, with a growing number of people waiting for care and support, according to the latest annual survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
Declining childhood outcomes
Findings from new reports indicate that child health and the education disadvantage gap are worsening.