The number of long-term empty homes in England has increased by nearly 10 per cent over the past five years – the equivalent of just over 1 per cent of the country’s housing stock, according to a new report from the LGA and the Empty Homes Network.
The value of the Healthy Start scheme needs to increase by 20 per cent to compensate for increases in the cost of food, new LGA analysis has found.
Fifty hotels will be closed to asylum seekers by January, the Government has announced.
Four of the five local authorities helping pilot new adult social care assessments have been given ‘good’ indicative ratings by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The largest independent providers of children’s social care made profits of more than £300 million last year, according to an LGA-commissioned report.
The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England rose 89 per cent over the past decade to 104,000 households at the end of March 2023 – the highest figures since records began in 1998.
The Government has announced £8.3 billion of extra funding, re-directed from HS2, to help improve local roads in England.
Council leaders and chief executives are being invited to share their views about what is needed in local areas, to help inform the LGA’s work on a Local Government White Paper.
New levelling up funding of £1 billion has been awarded to 55 projects across the UK, to develop better transport links and kick-start regeneration in town centres.
A lack of support and recognition from health and care services is damaging unpaid carers’ mental health, research from Carers UK shows.