Town halls must bring in better-skilled staff if they are to begin building homes on a large scale, a government review has said.
Dozens more councils have been allocated funding for affordable homes and smaller housing associations have become the biggest bidders, as larger landlords shunned government cash in the 2015-18 funding round.
The number of households councils prevented from becoming homeless increased by 15% last year compared to the previous 12 months, official statistics reveal.
Localis’ Changing Places report was quoted in a piece for the LGC.
Localis’ chief executive, Alex Thomson, is quoted on the Growth Deal funding announcement.
Localis’ chief executive, Alex Thomson, spoke for BBC Radio on the Growth Deal funding announcement.
Local government can deliver better services more efficiently and help address austerity challenges if it receives extensive new powers, according to a new report for Labour leader Ed Miliband from a commission headed by three leading Labour council leaders.
Ministers have today announced where the £2bn in Growth Deal funding will be allocated across all 39 English Local Enterprise Partnership areas from 2015/16.
Alex Thomson appeared on BBC News 24, speaking about the Government’s Growth Deal Announcement and the implication for local areas.
Its great to see the two major political parties fighting it out for the most localist title – both acknowledging that the English state has been far too centralised for far too long.