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London Boroughs make plea for Autumn Statement support as £600m shortfall looms

|Date: 21 November, 2023

London Boroughs make plea for Autumn Statement support as £600m shortfall looms

London Councils’ latest finance pressures survey has revealed a fast-deteriorating situation for town hal ...

London Councils’ latest finance pressures survey has revealed a fast-deteriorating situation for town hall budgets across the capital. According to its new analysis, London boroughs are set to overspe ...

21 November, 2023
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Amid ‘homelessness emergency’, London makes cross-party call to Chancellor on Local Housing Allowance

|Date: 15 November, 2023

Amid ‘homelessness emergency’, London makes cross-party call to Chancellor on Local Housing Allowance

With a week to go until the Autumn Statement, a cross-party body representing London local government has ...

With a week to go until the Autumn Statement, a cross-party body representing London local government has written to the Chancellor highlighting homelessness in the capital as an “emergency situation” ...

15 November, 2023
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London Councils welcomes devolution push in UK Urban Futures Commission report

|Date: 29 September, 2023

London Councils welcomes devolution push in UK Urban Futures Commission report

London Councils has welcomed a major new report from the UK Urban Futures Commission, which makes the cas ...

London Councils has welcomed a major new report from the UK Urban Futures Commission, which makes the case for unleashing the potential of the UK’s cities for boosting growth, repairing the social fab ...

29 September, 2023
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Homelessness is ‘an emergency situation needing an emergency response’ – London Councils responds to Crisis report

|Date: 25 August, 2023

Homelessness is ‘an emergency situation needing an emergency response’ – London Councils responds to Crisis report

London Councils has responded to new research from the charity Crisis revealing that nearly a quarter of ...

London Councils has responded to new research from the charity Crisis revealing that nearly a quarter of a million households across England are experiencing the worst forms of homelessness, including ...

25 August, 2023
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Boroughs’ funding fails to reflect ‘fast-rising pressures and levels of need’ — London Councils responds to IFS report

|Date: 17 August, 2023

Boroughs’ funding fails to reflect ‘fast-rising pressures and levels of need’ — London Councils responds to IFS report

London Councils responds to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on levels of public spen ...

London Councils responds to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on levels of public spending in areas across England. The IFS report, ‘How much public funding does each area receive?’ ...

17 August, 2023
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One in 50 Londoners homeless as ‘housing disaster unfolds in capital’

|Date: 3 August, 2023

One in 50 Londoners homeless as ‘housing disaster unfolds in capital’

Approximately one in 50 Londoners are now homeless and living in temporary accommodation, according to ne ...

Approximately one in 50 Londoners are now homeless and living in temporary accommodation, according to new research from London Councils [1]. Based on its latest survey of boroughs’ homelessness data, ...

3 August, 2023
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PM and Levelling Up Secretary set out long-term plan for housing

|Date: 24 July, 2023

PM and Levelling Up Secretary set out long-term plan for housing

Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak announced today (24th July) that the Government will meet its manifesto commi ...

Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak announced today (24th July) that the Government will meet its manifesto commitment to build one million homes over this Parliament. The announcement was made ahead of Level ...

24 July, 2023
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Net Zero Neighbourhoods: an opportunity to sweeten the deal for investors

|Date: 29 June, 2023

Net Zero Neighbourhoods: an opportunity to sweeten the deal for investors

Local authorities in the UK face significant challenges in funding the net zero transition. In response, ...

Local authorities in the UK face significant challenges in funding the net zero transition. In response, 3Ci proposes the Net Zero Neighbourhoods model, an innovative concept that packages net zero pr ...

29 June, 2023
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Consumption-based emissions by London boroughs have reduced but we need far more, warns new report

|Date: 28 June, 2023

Consumption-based emissions by London boroughs have reduced but we need far more, warns new report

The impact of Londoner’s lifestyles on the climate challenge continues to reduce each year, but there is ...

The impact of Londoner’s lifestyles on the climate challenge continues to reduce each year, but there is still more work to do to have a fighting chance of meeting net zero targets, warns a new report ...

28 June, 2023
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Boroughs launch new infrastructure framework to ‘secure London’s future growth’

|Date: 18 May, 2023

Boroughs launch new infrastructure framework to ‘secure London’s future growth’

London boroughs have unveiled a list of key infrastructure projects needed to secure “a more prosperous, ...

London boroughs have unveiled a list of key infrastructure projects needed to secure “a more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable” future for the capital. For the first time, all 33 of the capital’s ...

18 May, 2023
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