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Jason Holland

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LGA requests ‘urgent’ Gove meeting over Oflog’s role and data limitations

Growing cost of debt driving record fall in local authorities’ net worth – and march to bankruptcy

‘Harrowing forecast’: 385,000 social housing properties gone by 2040 with north-south divide widening

No ‘silver bullet’ but plenty of ways to help solve council financial crisis, says MOTB panel

Government’s use of exceptional financial support “at best careless and maybe reckless”

‘Both front benches’ see need to dismantle funding formula and ‘start from scratch’

Oxfordshire seeks to embed commercial mindset with ‘bigger opportunities’ for revenue generation to come

New £3.6m match-fund scheme for care leavers can ‘transform lives’

‘Limited’ Oflog would ‘make perfect sense’ as audit system leader

Richard Bates moves from interim to permanent s151 officer at Guildford and Waverley

Councils face £332m shortfall in annual youth homelessness funding

Tighter MRP requirements ‘put the prudential framework on a more robust basis’

Bristol walks tightrope of Safety Valve programme to avoid bankruptcy

Former BoE chief economist makes case for urban wealth funds to alleviate council crisis

Government rejects public inquiry into Thurrock failings

Give NHS budget to local government as part of health system restructure, urges think tank

SEND school transport system ‘threatens councils’ financial viability without reform’

Crisis, what crisis? PM plays down local government’s financial challenges and puts focus on cutting inflation

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