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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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UK100 | The future is local

|Date: 22 February, 2024

UK100 | The future is local

Warm homes and local energy: Christopher Hammond, Chief Executive of UK100 discusses the key to securing ...

Warm homes and local energy: Christopher Hammond, Chief Executive of UK100 discusses the key to securing our future locally. Last year was the planet’s hottest year on record, by far(1). The need for ...

22 February, 2024
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Local leaders express alarm over reported plan to abandon imminent clean heat policy

|Date: 12 February, 2024

Local leaders express alarm over reported plan to abandon imminent clean heat policy

The UK’s only cross-party network for ambitious local climate action, UK100, has expressed serious concer ...

The UK’s only cross-party network for ambitious local climate action, UK100, has expressed serious concerns regarding reports that the Government is considering abandoning the Clean Heat Market Mechan ...

12 February, 2024
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Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

|Date: 2 February, 2024

Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

UK100, the UK’s cross-party network for ambitious local climate action, has warned that short-term fixes ...

UK100, the UK’s cross-party network for ambitious local climate action, has warned that short-term fixes will not resolve the financial distress threatening to derail councils’ efforts to cut emission ...

2 February, 2024
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Autumn Statement offers some positives, but a commitment to long-term funding for social housing lacking

|Date: 23 November, 2023

Autumn Statement offers some positives, but a commitment to long-term funding for social housing lacking

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement includes a raft of new measures, such as a commitment to unfree ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement includes a raft of new measures, such as a commitment to unfreezing Local Housing Allowance, an investment of £110m over this year and next to deliver high qu ...

23 November, 2023
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Environmental Audit Committee hears how competitive funding is failing communities on air pollution

|Date: 11 September, 2023

Environmental Audit Committee hears how competitive funding is failing communities on air pollution

Short-term competitive funding for local authorities is hampering clean air action across the UK, local l ...

Short-term competitive funding for local authorities is hampering clean air action across the UK, local leaders told MPs at an Environmental Audit Committee hearing on outdoor and indoor air quality t ...

11 September, 2023
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Lords Levelling Up victory for local authorities fighting the housing and climate crises

|Date: 7 September, 2023

Lords Levelling Up victory for local authorities fighting the housing and climate crises

UK100 is claiming a "win" in response to news that Peers in the House of Lords backed Amendment 191 to th ...

UK100 is claiming a "win" in response to news that Peers in the House of Lords backed Amendment 191 to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. Lord Ravensdale's amendment places a duty on the Secretar ...

7 September, 2023
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Two councils awarded almost £4m from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund

|Date: 27 July, 2023

Two councils awarded almost £4m from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund

Cheshire East Council and Plymouth City Council have been awarded almost £4m from the Government’s Green ...

Cheshire East Council and Plymouth City Council have been awarded almost £4m from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), delivered by Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management. Two ne ...

27 July, 2023
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New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

|Date: 30 June, 2023

New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

UK100, the only UK-wide network of local authorities committed to ambitious Net Zero action, welcomes the ...

UK100, the only UK-wide network of local authorities committed to ambitious Net Zero action, welcomes the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) new report, “Progress in reducing emissions 2023 Report to Pa ...

30 June, 2023
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Consultation on air quality strategy will leave local government gasping for breath

|Date: 12 April, 2023

Consultation on air quality strategy will leave local government gasping for breath

UK100, the network of local leaders, responds to the Government’s new air quality strategy, and the assoc ...

UK100, the network of local leaders, responds to the Government’s new air quality strategy, and the associated 10-day consultation. UK100's Interim Chief Executive, Jason Torrance, said: "After waitin ...

12 April, 2023
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Oldham Council and Jigsaw Homes start work on new homes for young people at risk of homelessness

New affordable housing development in High Wycombe given green light

Ground broken on zero-gas affordable homes development in Sheffield

Mayor joins Livv Housing Group to celebrate completion of its £35m development in Prescot

100 new council homes for Westminster

£11million expansion at North Birmingham Academy

Cutting-edge extra care scheme opened

Award-winning regeneration delivers 22 new affordable homes in Sale West

Coldhurst home improvements receive warm praise

JPS launches first ever dual-offering AVAIL Housing Hub in Aberdeen

UK100 | The future is local

UK100 | The future is local

Local leaders express alarm over reported plan to abandon imminent clean heat policy

Local leaders express alarm over reported plan to abandon imminent clean heat policy

Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

Environmental Audit Committee hears how competitive funding is failing communities on air pollution

Environmental Audit Committee hears how competitive funding is failing communities on air pollution

Lords Levelling Up victory for local authorities fighting the housing and climate crises

Lords Levelling Up victory for local authorities fighting the housing and climate crises

Two councils awarded almost £4m from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund

Two councils awarded almost £4m from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund

New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

New CCC report supports UK100’s urgent call to empower local authorities to take Net Zero lead

Consultation on air quality strategy will leave local government gasping for breath

Consultation on air quality strategy will leave local government gasping for breath