29 h. ago English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families

Exclusive: Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlordsCouncils across England are increasingly spending millions of pounds a year in incentive payments to private landlords to persuade them to house homeless families, with campaigners describing it as a “senseless waste of public money”.Data gathered by the campaign group Generation Rent via freedom of information requests showed that 37 councils spent more than £31m on one-off cash payments to private landlords on 10,792 occasions in 2024-25. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Labour's plans for car park 'spy cameras' as councils could get powers to install number

The Department for Transport proposals include allowing local authorities to install numberplate recognition cameras.

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2 d. ago Councils 'need new powers' to stop private landlords hoovering up social housing

A report from Common Wealth claimed councils need a stronger "Right to Buy Back" with 41% of the 2.4 million homes sold under Right to Buy now in the hands of private landlords

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4 d. ago Blue Badge update for people with a temporary health condition

Councils have the power to provide ‘locally determined parking concessions within their areas’.

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1 week ago Labour faces migrant hotel chaos as more councils consider launching legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Reform leader says his party’s 12 local councils will do ‘everything in their power to follow Epping’s lead’ and challenge the use of hotels to house asylum seekers

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1 week ago Migrant hotel chaos as more councils to consider launching legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Reform leader says his party’s 12 local councils will do ‘everything in their power to follow Epping’s lead’ and challenge the use of hotels to house asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Labour renews 'war on motorists' as it quietly ditches plans to limit new LTNs and 20mph zones

The reforms, which were drawn up by the Tories, would have curbed locals councils' powers to restrict traffic and impose 'unfair' fines and parking charges.

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