Luxon has officially abandoned localism

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-3166-c7a2-915b-2ea859216953

Councils call for long-term funding to build 200,000 social homes as Angela Rayner to overhaul planning rules | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-housing-councils-angela-rayner-b2587603.html

#Councils
#SocialHousing
#Housing
#CouncilHousing
#Funding
#Rayner
#PlanningRules
#LocalGov
#Labour
#LGA
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#HousingInfrastructureFund
#AffordableHousing
#ConsultancyFees
#BuildABetterFutureReport

Councils refuse to fix potholes that are ‘too small’ – how big do they have to be? | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/potholes-small-roads-fix-councils-b2549903.html

#Potholes
#Austerity
#LocalGov
#LocalGovFunding
#Warwickshire
#Torbay
#Thurrock
#Nottingham
#Torfaen
#SouthLanarkshire
#Lanarkshire
#Buckinghamshire
#Stockport
#Devon
#RAC
#NetworkNorthStrategy
#LocalGovernmentAssociation

Budget: Cut consultants and diversity schemes to save cash, Hunt to tell councils - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68477450.amp

#Budget
#Consultants
#Diversity
#DiversitySchemes
#Councils
#ServicesClosing
#ServiceCuts
#Nottingham
#CouncilTax
#Birmingham
#LocalGov
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#LGA
#Davies
#BiddingForCentralGovFunding
#BeggingBowlCulture
#SocialCare
#Homelesness
#Inflation
#FundingCuts

Special needs responsibilities were heaped on councils as funding shrank
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/special-needs-responsibilities-were-heaped-on-councils-as-funding-shrank/ar-BB1itDl7?cvid=1f190fac50cb431281feaa0561026d49&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#SEN
#SpecialEducationalNeeds
#LocalCouncil
#FundingCuts
#SpecialSchools
#EHCPs
#SEND
#DFE
#LGA
#LocalGov
#LocalGovernmentAssociation

'Long overdue' major parking laws being rolled out across UK with much harsher penalties
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/long-overdue-major-parking-laws-being-rolled-out-across-uk-with-much-harsher-penalties/ar-BB1ihfb7?cvid=3f7e476b8fcd48a1d416690a9f208bb8&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6

#Parking
#ParkingLaws
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#LGA
#StarlineMotorFinance
#OnPavementParking

Councils say social housing is being sidelined in call for right-to-buy reform
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/councils-say-social-housing-is-being-sidelined-in-call-for-right-to-buy-reform/ar-BB1ieNvQ?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=ad5ad862e66d42b080365a811263f960&ei=30

#SocialHousing
#RightToBuy
#Council
#Councils
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#LGA
#SocialHousingSellingFasterThanReplacing

Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s | Poverty | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/06/help-failing-to-keep-pace-with-families-facing-bed-poverty-says-barnados

#Barnardos
#Poverty
#BedPoverty
#HouseholdSupportFund
#HSF
#Tories
#Coffey
#Quince
#Labour
#Timms
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#LGA
#EndFurniturePoverty
#DWP
#LocalHousingAllowance

Forcing asylum seekers into shared rooms is unsafe, Sunak warned | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/asylum-seeker-hotels-home-office-sunak-b2436333.html

#AsylumSeekerAccomodation
#AsylumSeekers
#Sunak
#AsylumSeekersSafety
#HomeOffice
#Trauma
#PublicAccountsCommittee
#PAC
#Jenrick
#Hotels
#AfghanRefugees
#AsylumMatters
#Care4Calais
#RefugeeCouncil
#Torture
#ModernSlavery
#AsylumSeekers
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#LGA
#BBC
#Kinnock
#LibDems
#Carmichael
#SNP
#Crawley
#Braverman
#RedCross

Lichfield MP urges Chancellor to give more financial certainty to councils

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2023/02/08/lichfield-mp-urges-chancellor-to-give-more-financial-certainty-to-councils/

#Lichfield #News #Politics #ChancelloroftheExchequer #DougPullen #JeremyHunt #LocalGovernmentAssociation #MichaelFabricant #MichaelGove

Was thinking about this yesterday *specifically* in context of UK local government. My suggestion is for #LocalGovernmentAssociation cyber team https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/cyber-digital-and-technology to spin up a dedicated server line eg "@ukcouncils.online" for use by official (& verified) local authority accounts only. Wonder if @Anthonyzach knows people who could start this? @marcidale