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Jason Holland

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‘Golden opportunity to turn ship around’ must not be squandered in Spending Review, say London boroughs

Policy

Westminster borrows £235m over 42 years to acquire temporary accommodation – an ‘innovative’ solution or should government do more?

Homelessness

£330m overspend on homelessness budgets pushing London boroughs ‘to bankruptcy’

Homelessness

Scaling up efficiencies could be key to successful AI adoption in local government

AI

Children’s care spending at ‘all-time high’ as early intervention outlay plummets

Social Care

Merton expects temporary accommodation cost savings after using £10m treasury allocation to invest in Resonance fund

Merton

Caution, proportion and innovation: How Oxfordshire County Council is navigating the current treasury landscape

Oxfordshire

Government’s 16 commitments and £49m funding designed to ‘fix the broken audit system’

Audit

Finance experts ask parliamentary committee: what is local government fundamentally for?

Funding

EFS is ‘bad government’ and reorganisation is a ‘distraction’, parliamentary committee hears

EFS

Government told to extend support for local authorities on temporary accommodation and consider allocation of funding

Homelessness

After EFS: Worcestershire s151 Phil Rook on the uncertain road to financial resilience

EFS

IFRS 9 override extended to 2029 for existing investments

Investments

‘Long-term fixes’ coming for ‘national disgrace’ homelessness crisis

Homelessness

Spring Statement: s151s see ‘worrying signs’ but await outcome of Spending Review

Policy

Spring Statement: reduction in anticipated funding would leave councils ‘on the brink’ as Reeves emphasises housebuilding impact

Policy

Fixing a funding formula local government minister agrees ‘doesn’t work’: SIGOMA chair on needed reforms

SIGOMA

Local audit crisis ‘undermining’ financial oversight and ‘exacerbating’ pressures: Public Accounts Committee chair

Audit
Policy

Policy

Homelessness

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