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Communities Economic Development

Only £495m Culture Recovery Fund grands paid out so far

According to the NAO, funding has been awarded to a diverse range of organisations.

Finance Local Government

Councils face ‘significant’ post-pandemic funding gap

Councils expect to lose £695m alone from reduced car parking income, and £554m income from ...

Communities Housing Local Government

NAO warns ‘Everyone In’ exposed scale of homelessness crisis

‘For the first time, the scale of the rough sleeping population in England has been ...

Built Environment Communities

Flood defence spending in deprived areas has fallen

While the system includes provisions for deprived communities, very few of the homes better protected ...

Finance Local Government

Government ‘blind’ to risks of council property spending sprees

'In just three years some councils’ external borrowing has exploded – and all on MHCLG’s sleepy ...

Local Government

Tories lose control of council with £1bn property empire

A council spokesman told New Start it is planning to hold an extraordinary council meeting ...

Finance Local Government

Treasury to review council interest rates after spending spree

The government also confirmed the local government finance settlement for 2020/21 in Parliament yesterday, following ...