Councils facing serious financial risks from pandemic
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that councils in deprived and affluent areas face serious financial risks from the coronavirus crisis as incomes fall and costs grow, but nature and timing differ.....read more
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Advisers say government still falling short on climate action
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The Committee on Climate Change is set to criticise ongoing failures by the government to tackle the issues of overheating homes, flash floods, loss of biodiversity and the other threats posed as our planet continues to overheat dangerously.....read more
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Austerity hitting Labour councils harder than Tory areas
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New analysis, seen by the Guardian, has revealed that Labour councils have borne the brunt of local government cuts over a decade of austerity.....read more
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MPs urge chancellor to consider four-day week for UK
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A group of cross-party MPs have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to consider a four-day working week for the UK post-coronavirus, arguing the policy could be 'a powerful tool to recover from this crisis'.....read more
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100,000 social homes a year needed, says LGA
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Council leaders say that a post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 affordable homes a year is needed to provide housing fit for social care, health and other key workers who have fought coronavirus on the frontline.....read more
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