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London councils will be ‘unable to provide basic services’ after government funding shake-up, warn businesses

BusinessLDN – which represents more than 170 of the city’s largest employers – urged ministers to ensure that the Fair Funding Review takes account of the city’s higher costs and levels of deprivation

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London councils to lose millions in funding despite high poverty levels

Ministers face backlash after analysis of proposed shake-up finds more than 10% drop in finance for some areas

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London 'short-changed' in Rachel Reeves' Spending Review despite bumper deal for TfL

Rachel Reeves was accused of ‘shortchanging’ the capital with little cash for infastructure, schools and policing

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Half of London boroughs face bankruptcy over schools funding crisis

Sixteen of the capitals 33 local authorities have said they face ‘severe budget deficits’ totalling £500million next year over school funding shortfalls

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Revealed: London boroughs plan to cut spending on council housing by £264million

Capital’s local authorities beg ministers to ‘stabilise the social housing sector’ as they prepare to make ‘deep cutbacks’

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London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds

Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

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London town halls on edge of bankruptcy after overspending £330m on homelessness services

Boroughs plea for financial lifeline due to ‘growing mismatch’ between temporary accommodation costs and Government funding

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Over 10,000 London children miss out on first preference primary school amid warning over tumbling birthrate

Overall, 87.9% of pupils in London received an offer from their first choice school, equivalent to 73,481 children, data revealed on Wednesday

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Fewer London children secure top choice of primary school

The number of applications for places at primary schools in the capital has fallen again this year.

Evening Standard

London primary school consults on closure after 150 years amid dwindling birthrates and financial struggles

St Cuthbert with St Matthias Church of England Primary School sent out a letter to parents to announce the ‘sad’ news

Evening Standard

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

The Guardian - UK

Councils disappointed as London excluded from Government's £1.5bn plan to tackle deprivation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised to ‘reform’ the plan inherited from the Tories - but lack of new funding means London still won’t benefit from it

Evening Standard

Parking fines set to increase across London after councils say they aren’t a deterrent anymore

London councils say that it has been 13 years since the penalty charges were last reviewed

The Independent UK

Schools face funding squeeze amid falling London birth rate

‘School funding is allocated on a per-pupil basis, so a decrease in enrolment directly reduces budgets’, a new report warns

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Parking fines in London to increase to £160 after Sadiq Khan gives green light to councils

Councils seek first increase in fines since 2010 to tackle epidemic of ‘anti-social and obstructive parking’

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London council hit by 20,000 cyberattacks every day

Hammersmith and Fulham says it has applied measures such as anti-phishing to combat the attempted attacks

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Right to Buy: London Councils push for reforms to combat 'desperate need for affordable housing'

In response to the government’s consultation on Right to Buy, the cross-party group is pushing for local authorities to be given greater control over the scheme

The Independent UK

Thousands of London drivers paying wrong traffic fines every year

At least six London councils handing out £130 fines based on restrictions which lack up-to-date paperwork

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Drivers in London win over half of appeals against bus lane fines, analysis shows

For moving traffic offences such as stopping in a yellow box when not allowed, 35% of appeals were successful

The Independent UK

‘Thousands of drivers paying invalid traffic fines every year’

The AA said at least six councils in London handed out £130 fines based on restrictions without up-to-date certification.

Evening Standard

Number of London households on councils' housing waiting lists at highest level in a decade

New data shows the severity of the situation facing ministers, as London grapples with the ‘most severe housing and homelessness crisis in the country’

Evening Standard

Caught short? Warning after nearly 100 public toilets closed in London over last decade

Charity raises ‘serious public health concern’ as three times as many public loos closed or removed by councils as were opened in past 10 years

The Independent UK

Councils warn of acute pressures despite funding boost next year

Councils in urban and rural areas have raised concerns about ongoing pressures on services following changes to the draft settlement for 2025-26.

Evening Standard

Freedom Pass: cost of providing free travel to older Londoners 'to soar to £500m a year'

London Councils warns that cost of providing free travel concessions to pensioners is becoming ‘unsustainable’

Evening Standard

Lack of funding for special needs pupils is causing 'growing gap' in outcomes, London councils warn

Ministers have been urged to boost funding to allow schools to make decisions ‘with inclusion, rather than budgets, as their driving factor’

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