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New £25m Pan-London Grants Programme launching to tackle homelessness and domestic and sexual abuse

London Councils has announced the launch of its 2026-2030 Pan-London Grants Programme which will invest £25 million into voluntary organisations supporting Londoners facing homelessness and domestic ...
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London Councils responds to the Budget

Boroughs are almost entirely reliant on council tax and central government funding streams, with very limited ability to shape their own financial destiny. Years of underfunding have undermined their ...
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London Councils is the collective of local government in London

London Councils' 2026-2030 Pan-London Grants Programme will invest £25 million into voluntary organisations supporting Londoners facing homelessness and domestic or sexual abuse. New £25m Pan-London ...
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Boroughs can help ensure new overnight levy is 'success for Londoners and tourist industry'

Boroughs Can Help Ensure New Overnight Levy Is 'success For Londoners and Tourist Industry' Responding to the government's announcement on the introduction of overnight accommodation levies, Cllr ...
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Annual Survey of Londoners - opinion polling of London residents

London Councils commissioned Ipsos to carry out a survey of around 1,000 London residents, asking about their perceptions of a range of different topics - including housing affordability, building new ...
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London boroughs face ‘impossible’ £4bn funding gap in coming years

New analysis reveals London boroughs’ funding shortfall is £1 billion this year. Over four years (2025-26 to 2028-29) the cumulative budget gap for London local government is forecast to exceed £4bn ...
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Managing school places and admissions in London - report

The London boroughs are forecasting an ongoing decline in demand for school places from 2024-25 to 2028-29 across the region. London Councils’ analysis of the four year school places forecasts of all ...
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Continued drop in school places demand creates impossible choices for London schools

London boroughs are supporting local schools as demand for school places continues to drop across the capital, a new report by London Councils has revealed. Today’s report shows a predicted decrease ...
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‘Hard times still here’ amid £500m funding shortfall

London boroughs say they face a £500m funding gap in the coming year, despite receiving a 6.6% increase to their Core Spending Power. Responding to the local government finance settlement 2025-26, ...
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£740m 'black hole': London’s temporary accommodation crisis draining local resources

New research estimates a £740 million temporary accommodation shortfall across London, equivalent to £202 per household The equivalent of 11% of the average household’s council tax bill is now spent ...
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‘The sums don’t add up’ – almost half of London boroughs at bankruptcy risk due to school SEND funding pressures

Sixteen of London’s 33 local authorities are at heightened risk of bankruptcy because of insufficient schools funding from the government, according to London Councils. The cross-party group warns ...