LGA welcomes new PM
The LGA has called on the new Prime Minister to “realise the opportunities devolution can offer” by decentralising powers and services away from Whitehall to empower and strengthen local communities.
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Road maintenance costs ‘up 22 per cent’
The costs of street lighting, filling potholes and building new roads have soared by more than a fifth, causing pressure on stretched council budgets and delaying works.
£2bn of funding for rough sleeping strategy
The Government has promised to deploy all tools at its disposal alongside £2 billion of funding to prevent more people finding themselves without a safe roof over their heads.
Millions mourn passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II
As first was going to press, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was being laid to rest in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, following a state funeral attended by world leaders.
New cap on household energy bills
The Government is to cap average energy household bills at around £2,500 a year for the next two years, to protect people from soaring prices.
Rent cap on social housing – consultation
A consultation inviting views from social housing tenants and landlords on a proposed rent cap has been launched by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
New ministers for local government
Former local government minister Simon Clarke has returned to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) as Secretary of State, under new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Teachers ‘lack training to support pupils’ mental health’
A recent survey for the charity, the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), has found that more teachers are seeing anxious pupils and the worsening of existing mental health problems, compared with just one year ago.
Affordable homes programme ‘could be more ambitious’
The Government’s efforts to build more affordable homes could be more ambitious in working to achieve wider aims, including on net zero and improving the quality of local housing, according to a National Audit Office report.
£6 billion in Right to Buy discounts ‘threaten scheme’
Almost £6 billion has been given out in discounts through the Right to Buy scheme since the size of the discount was increased in 2012, leaving councils in England struggling to rebuild homes as quickly as they are being sold.