There has been inaccurate reporting in The Telegraph, The Telegraph and I news that the government plans to redistribute grant funding to benefit areas with higher council tax levels. This is not true. These proposals will not see grant funding …
Scottish media outlets including The Scotsman, The National, the Daily Record and Glasgow Times have all positively reported on the Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to Glasgow yesterday (09/01/25), where she pledged her commitment to making work pay in Scotland through …
There has been widespread reporting, including in The Times and on BBC News that in some areas, local elections scheduled for May 2025 may be postponed. Some outlets have speculated about the number of areas, and which ones, will be …
There has been media reporting suggesting allocations set out in our provisional Local Government Finance Settlement will mean Shire districts or ‘more rural’ councils are being treated unfavourably. This is not correct, and does not account for the over £4 …
There has been prominent national and regional coverage following our announcement this week which confirms councils across England will receive almost £1 billion of new funding next year, including the largest-ever investment in homelessness prevention services, to get the country …
Following the publication of the English Devolution White Paper there has been speculative media coverage that proposals around local government reorganisation including that this could potentially delay local elections in some areas with smaller district councils being replaced by larger …
There has been some press coverage over the weekend relating to permitted development rights. There is a suggestion in an article that PDRs could have been banned in the recent update to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) last week. …
There has been widespread media reporting following the publication of a Centre for Cities report focusing on the government’s housing targets. This government is clear it will deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament and fix the housing crisis, but …
There has been widespread coverage following the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government’s publication of the Remediation Acceleration Plan today (2 December 2024) This was picked up in print and online by the BBC, FT, I, Guardian, Mirror, LBC, …
Council Tax Following the publication of the Local Government Policy Statement for 2025-2026, there has been speculative media coverage that councils will be able to increase council tax above the 5% threshold. The government is committed to keeping taxes on …