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Autumn Budget delivers welcome steps to tackle cost of living but missed opportunities for supported housing and rent convergence

|Date: 1 December, 2025

Autumn Budget delivers welcome steps to tackle cost of living but missed opportunities for supported housing and rent convergence

Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her Autumn Budget last Wednesday, among the announcements contained wit ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her Autumn Budget last Wednesday, among the announcements contained within it were measures to boost growth, additional funding to tackle fuel poverty and investment ...

1 December, 2025
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London boroughs seek ‘funding firepower’ to tackle housing crisis through investment in existing estates

|Date: 17 November, 2025

London boroughs seek ‘funding firepower’ to tackle housing crisis through investment in existing estates

Regenerating council estates to boost social housing provision must be a “core” part of efforts to tackle ...

Regenerating council estates to boost social housing provision must be a “core” part of efforts to tackle London’s housing crisis, London boroughs have declared. A Decade of Renewal: the Contribution ...

17 November, 2025
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London Councils welcomes new Secretary of State

|Date: 11 September, 2025

London Councils welcomes new Secretary of State

London Councils has welcomed the appointment of Steve Reed MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communit ...

London Councils has welcomed the appointment of Steve Reed MP as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The cross-party group emphasises how boroughs in the capital are dete ...

11 September, 2025
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London to get up to £11.7bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme funding

|Date: 3 July, 2025

London to get up to £11.7bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme funding

Investment in social and affordable housing in the capital will get a long-term boost through the Governm ...

Investment in social and affordable housing in the capital will get a long-term boost through the Government’s Social and Affordable Homes Programme. London will receive up to £11.7bn over 10 years, 3 ...

3 July, 2025
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Boroughs warn of ‘mission impossible’ on social housing amid £700m budget ‘black hole’

|Date: 18 March, 2024

Boroughs warn of ‘mission impossible’ on social housing amid £700m budget ‘black hole’

New analysis suggests social rent levels set by the Government will leave London boroughs with a “black h ...

New analysis suggests social rent levels set by the Government will leave London boroughs with a “black hole” in their social housing finances of up to £700m over the next four years, despite the “des ...

18 March, 2024
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Boroughs concerned by decision on Right to Buy rules and emphasise ‘desperate need’ for replacement homes

|Date: 12 March, 2024

Boroughs concerned by decision on Right to Buy rules and emphasise ‘desperate need’ for replacement homes

London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the Government’s decision to stop letting local author ...

London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the Government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep all money raised from council house sales, warning that it will undermine efforts to ...

12 March, 2024
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Sector responds to Spring Budget

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Sector responds to Spring Budget

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public se ...

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public sector to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024. Councils need greater funding certainty th ...

7 March, 2024
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£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

|Date: 28 February, 2024

£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

New data from London Councils reveals that boroughs’ monthly spending on temporary accommodation for home ...

New data from London Councils reveals that boroughs’ monthly spending on temporary accommodation for homeless households grew by almost 40% last year — reaching £90m a month. Skyrocketing rates of hom ...

28 February, 2024
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Royal Borough of Greenwich urges government to make vital reforms to the apprenticeship system

|Date: 19 February, 2024

Royal Borough of Greenwich urges government to make vital reforms to the apprenticeship system

The Royal Borough of Greenwich, local educators and employers are calling for urgent reforms to the appre ...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich, local educators and employers are calling for urgent reforms to the apprenticeship system to widen access to apprenticeships for both learners and employers. Leader o ...

19 February, 2024
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Boroughs warn 2024 will see ‘continuing budget gaps and squeeze on services’, as funding package unveiled

|Date: 20 December, 2023

Boroughs warn 2024 will see ‘continuing budget gaps and squeeze on services’, as funding package unveiled

London Councils has warned that boroughs will continue to face enormous and unsustainable budget pressure ...

London Councils has warned that boroughs will continue to face enormous and unsustainable budget pressures next year, despite government plans to increase funding. Responding to the publication of the ...

20 December, 2023
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