Hastings

07/26 134 councils to become 38 unitaries: latest LGR decisions announced

11/25 Hastings expects to exceed budgeted returns with 4.2% return rate

06/25 Hastings focuses on prevention to address temporary accommodation challenge

05/25 Research links homelessness pressures to eroding council reserves

04/25 £330m overspend on homelessness budgets pushing London boroughs ‘to bankruptcy’

02/25 How can local and central government unlock housing delivery?

02/25 Liverpool sees 12,000% rise in cost of homelessness services since 2019

12/24 Provisional finance settlement: councils receive £700m funding boost but concerns remain

10/24 MOTB: short-term measures and long-term mindset could tackle temporary accommodation crisis

10/24 Kit Wheeler interview: ‘temporary accommodation is not a small problem that’s going away anytime soon’

06/24 ‘Preventable crisis’: one in four councils spending 5% of budgets on temporary accommodation

12/23 2023 in review: the best stories in local government finance

10/23 Temporary accommodation presenting ‘real risk’ to council finances

09/23 75,000 council assets worth £15bn sold in past 13 years, research finds

09/23 Nearly 90% of councils report inadequate funding as cause of recent s114 warnings

09/23 ‘The once scarce s114 is becoming customary and more are to come’

09/23 Manchester faces budget gap of more than £70m over medium term

08/23 Sigoma: 26 local authorities could issue s114 notice in next two years

08/23 Councils face a funding deficit of over £5bn, says BBC analysis

08/23 Kent implements savings plan amid ‘significant’ budget gap and depleting reserves

08/23 Kirklees Council warns of potential s114 in the next financial year

08/23 Hastings hopes to raise £3m from asset sale as ‘full focus’ turns to achieving financial stability

07/23 The recent spate of s114 warnings is ‘deeply troubling’ for local government

07/23 Kent County Council faces s114 notice if it fails to make £86m savings

07/23 OBR: £96bn local authority borrowing presents ‘risk’ to public finances

07/23 Spiralling temporary accommodation costs pushing Hastings Borough Council to the brink

02/17 Leicester adds direct property investment to new treasury management strategy