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Jason Holland

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ADASS: 63% of councils overspent on adult social care budgets in 2022/23 with many dipping into reserves

Southwark’s HRA reserves fall to lowest ever point after £6.7m used in 2022/23

£140m returned to government as south Lancaster road scheme is suspended

Stoke-on-Trent uses £15m in one-off mitigations to balance books as pressure on children’s services becomes ‘unsustainable’

Woking must ask government for significant financial support and make immediate “difficult decisions”, says chief executive

Thurrock’s failings laid bare: DLUHC publishes damning report into council’s ‘systemic weaknesses’

Adele Taylor interview: ‘I’m a fixer who relishes a challenge and wants to inspire others’

Sutton regeneration project utilises over £11m of government funding and £10m of council investment

Dorset reports £1.7m overspend for 2022/23; totals £96m in savings since creation of unitary council

Council tax at 30: A near 80% average increase since 1993

Unite members to stage protests ahead of strike ballots opening next week

Woking: where did it all go wrong?

LUHC audit inquiry: how to solve the auditing crisis

Manchester reports manageable £4.5m overspend against 2022/23 budget

Bury Council set to regain control of housing service

Unite warns of Scottish summer of strikes as local government pay talks collapse

Merton to use £186m capital injection from subsidiary sale to invest in long-term projects and pay off loans

IFS reports significant increase in redistributive impact of public service spending

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