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网页4 天之前 · Martin Lewis: Councils collect unpaid tax like ‘worst loan sharks’. 10/09/2024. Consumer finance expert Martin Lewis has criticised the ‘grotesque’ methods authorities use to recover council tax and urged the Government to change the law on debt collection. ‘Shocking lack of urgency’ to trace children missing from education.
Supported housing ‘on a knife edge’ | LocalGov
网页1 天前 · It found that one scheme in Bradford saved the NHS up to £47,000 per person. But the LGA warned that years of cuts and the loss of ring-fenced funding in 2011 had left supported housing ‘on a knife edge’, with standards falling due to an increase in non-commissioned providers. It said the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 ...
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网页2024年9月12日 · News | LocalGov. The Government will not meet its target of building 1.5 million homes over the parliament without investing in affordable housing, according to a new report. Boroughs in the capital are set to overspend by more than £600m this year as housing and homelessness pressures ‘wreak havoc’ on …
Government urged to reverse fuel payment cuts | LocalGov
网页1 天前 · 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. Ministers have introduced means testing for the fuel allowance, meaning only those in receipt of Pension Credit are now eligible. Across England and Wales, the number ...
Welsh councils face 'challenging' 20mph decisions | LocalGov
网页1 天前 · Welsh highway authorities face ‘challenging decisions’ as they review requests for some roads to be exempt from the country’s 20mph default speed limit, council leaders have said. Following a ‘National Listening Programme’ and the publication of revised Welsh Government guidance for highway authorities, authorities are reviewing ...
The challenges of local government reorganisation | LocalGov
网页5 天之前 · Local government reorganisation is complex, time consuming and provides some significant challenges and new councils will have significant decisions to take post-vesting day. But it is here to stay, and the lessons learned and identified in our research should help councils to prepare for any future changes. #Unitary #Transformation #Leadership ...
Councils granted new powers to tackle domestic abuse
网页1 天前 · Local authorities are to be granted more powers to prevent domestic abusers from making contact with their victims, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced. Under the new domestic abuse protection order pilot, the police and third party agencies such as councils will be able to order abusers to stay away from their victim indefinitely. Only ...
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网页2024年9月6日 · LocalGov - Tag Housing. AAT’s answer to helping address housing shortage. 06/08/2024. With the Government vowing to address the housing shortage, leading mobility innovator AAT is suggesting a way to help some of the 120,000 people with disabilities who need re-housing, and make use of at least some of the 700,000 empty/redundant properties already in existence in the UK.
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网页2024年6月7日 · Highways | LocalGov. Croydon splashes £12.5m on highways. 15/08/2024. Croydon Council’s executive mayor has approved a £12.5m capital programme for the borough’s highway infrastructure for 2024-25, as well as a new five-year Highway Asset Management Strategy. Potholes: What Labour should do to fix local roads.
LGA | LocalGov
网页2024年7月25日 · Local government culture funding is under threat ‘due to the multitude of funding streams as well as the system for funding bids’, the LGA warns. Implementation of five-year local housing deals by 2025 would lead to 200,000 additional social homes being built over the next three decades, report finds. Major reforms introduced a decade ago ...