local government
Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt
Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt
Citizens Advice has urged the government to fix council tax support and ensure it is properly funded as bills rise this month
Selling off social housing stinks of short-term thinking from local councils
Selling off social housing stinks of short-term thinking from local councils
With local councils around the country facing bankruptcy, vacant housing is being auctioned off for a quick buck, despite the housing crisis
Councils need millions to prevent bankruptcy due to rising cost of homelessness: ‘It’s a national crisis’
Councils need millions to prevent bankruptcy due to rising cost of homelessness: ‘It’s a national crisis’
Both Eastbourne and Medway Councils have asked the government to help them balance the books this week and, for the first time ever, it’s chiefly down to the ‘national crisis’ of temporary accommodation
‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK
‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK
Councils are running out of temporary accommodation to help homeless families
Councils are running out of temporary accommodation to help homeless families
Council’s refusal to scrap four-day week inspires others to register interest in new pilots
Council’s refusal to scrap four-day week inspires others to register interest in new pilots
Council tax debt is spiralling across England as households struggle with cost of living crisis
Council tax debt is spiralling across England as households struggle with cost of living crisis
New voter ID rules are blocking local elections voters from casting their ballot
New voter ID rules are blocking local elections voters from casting their ballot
Dogs at polling stations bring a smile to local election day
Dogs at polling stations bring a smile to local election day
Grenfell System Failure: A rage-inducing inquiry into government buck-passing
Grenfell System Failure: A rage-inducing inquiry into government buck-passing
Meet the man trying to improve Britain’s social housing
Meet the man trying to improve Britain’s social housing
Let there be Christmas light! How the UK is keeping the magic of the season on the high street
Let there be Christmas light! How the UK is keeping the magic of the season on the high street
Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis
Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis
‘Impenetrable’ government website leaves public in the dark about dangerous air pollution levels
‘Impenetrable’ government website leaves public in the dark about dangerous air pollution levels
‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections
‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections
Kent Tories slammed over universal credit cut ‘sweepstake’
