PAC: only 10% of levelling up funds have been spent by councils
The government are “struggling” to get the £10bn of levelling up funding “out the door”, with only around 10% being spent by councils so far, a new report has revealed.[…]
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The government are “struggling” to get the £10bn of levelling up funding “out the door”, with only around 10% being spent by councils so far, a new report has revealed.[…]
Homes England has granted £157m of funding to Blackpool and Sheffield for regeneration projects to increase housing and “level up” the country. The government’s housing and regeneration agency has agreed[…]
Dover District Council has warned that it is at “risk” of issuing a section 114 notice in 2025/26 over the withdrawal of port health funding. In his section 25 report,[…]
The former chief executive of the London boroughs of Richmond and Hammersmith & Fulham, Richard Harbord argues that 2024 has not started off well for local government, with putting together a[…]
The local government finance settlement does not provide “enough funding” to councils, leaving them facing “serious challenges” when balancing their budget, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. At the[…]
Torbay Council is set to review disposing of some of its assets, worth around £175m, as it looks to balance its budget amid period of “financial uncertainty”. According to the[…]
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has warned that without £44.7m of additional funding from the government, the authority will not be able to balance its budget. In September 2023, the council warned[…]
Bradford Council has set out proposals to cut more than 100 jobs and axe funding to leisure services as it tackles an uncertain financial outlook. Ahead of a meeting of[…]
The government must “spell out” what it is doing to help councils deal with current financial uncertainty, the chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) committee has said.[…]
Nottingham City Council has outlined a plethora of savings proposals to tackle its budget gap of £50m for 2024/25, having been issued with a section 114 notice last month. In[…]
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has stated that Nottingham City Council’s issuance of a section 114 notice (s114) was not caused by a lack of central government funding despite its[…]