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London CIV, the £32.8bn Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool, has committed £100m to an affordable housing fund managed by Legal & General (L&G).

London CIV, the £32.8bn Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool, has committed £100m to an affordable housing fund managed by Legal & General (L&G).

Rotherham Council is set to deliver 1,000 new high-quality homes. Updates to the authority’s Housing Delivery Programme will be considered at a Cabinet meeting

A plan to deliver 5,958 houses – including 1,452 affordable homes – has been approved by Hull City Council’s Cabinet. The authority’s ‘Housing Growth

Local government unions Unite, Unison and the GMB have issued a joint union pay claim for all council employees to receive a wage rise of

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has said that, based on responses to Freedom of Information Act requests, the government has not commissioned independent research

A vast number of county and rural local authorities – 85% – are in a worse position now than where they were before the

The proposed Local Audit Office (LAO) “must not be seen as being politically influenced”, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said in response to a government

Somerset Council has written to secretary of state for housing, communities and local government Angela Rayner to once again request exceptional financial support (EFS)

Cumberland Council is considering a range of potential asset disposals with the aim of delivering additional capital receipts. The authority was formally constituted in

Havering has become the latest London borough to request a capitalisation direction from the government for 2025/26 – with at least £71m needed. All

Two LGPS funds, East Riding and West Yorkshire Pension Fund, have contributed £27m of fresh equity capital to a  Foresight Natural Capital Ltd (FNC)

Mid Sussex District Council has added to its “incredibly significant” capital programme. The authority’s draft budget for 2025/26 shows a further £2.4m investment, increasing

Kent County Council has highlighted the “significant financial risk” of the “continuing and increasing” underlying deficit and accumulated debt on the High Needs Block

South Cambridgeshire District Council is expecting to need further short-term borrowing by the end of year, while there is also anticipated to be some

There is an “urgent need for transformation” at Scotland’s councils, “at a pace and depth we’ve not yet seen”, according to the Accounts Commission.

Hampshire County Council has confirmed that it has made a request to government for exceptional financial support (EFS) to allow council tax to be

Ministerial envoys will be sent into Tower Hamlets Council by the government to address governance and local accountability concerns, with the authority failing to

Upper-tier councils allocate an “overwhelming” 78% of their net revenue expenditure to social care, according to the results of the latest ‘Financial Resilience Index’

Barnet Council has issued a section 114 report on the basis that its monitoring officer and section 151 officer believe certain payments made by

East Sussex County Council has reduced its borrowing need from £79m to £29m between 2025/26 and 2027/28 following a review of its capital programme.

Oxfordshire County Council has reported that a forecasted £28.4m dedicated schools grant (DSG) High Needs deficit for 2024/25 will increase the total accumulated negative

Monmouthshire County Council says 2025/26 will be the third successive year that it has had to tackle gross expenditure pressures of more than £20m.

Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo) Public Sector Partnership Services (PSPS) is set to lead a transformation programme at the three Councils working together as

Manchester City Council must make £18.232m in identified savings to set a balanced budget for 2025/26. However, an additional pressure on that year’s budget