councils
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Hillingdon branded ‘most nimby’ council
The London borough has approved an average of 59% of planning applications
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Councils need £4bn to survive, say MPs
The levelling up committee says the funding system is broken
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Gove plans £23bn ‘fire sale’ of council investment properties
Rules will be changed to allow proceeds to be used to ease budget pressures
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Cash-strapped councils promised £600m more funding
The deficit for the next two years stands at £4bn
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Fresh insolvency fears from UK councils
Local authority budgets are being stretched to breaking by rising homelessness
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Pressure on PM to bail out councils
Greg Clark and Robert Jenrick are among 40 Tory MPs putting pressure on prime minister
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Council debt rises to almost £100bn
While 38 councils have no borrowing at all, some owe as much as £3bn
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40% of councils at risk of going bust
Grant Thornton says the budget blackhole will grow in the next five years
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One in five English councils face effective bankruptcy
The Local Government Association says 12 councils could collapse next year, with 60 at risk
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Housing crisis will push more councils into ‘bankruptcy’
Local authorities face soaring bills as homelessness rises
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More English councils face collapse as deficit hits £4bn
Even well-run councils are at risk due to “inflationary storm”, the LGA has warned
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Cash-strapped councils milk £1bn parking ‘cash cow’
Department for Levelling Up figures show councils made a £962.3m surplus last year