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Primary schools in England close, merge and shrink as pupil numbers fall

London boroughs among hardest hit due to falling birth rate and family struggles with Covid and rising costs

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Number of homeless refugees in London jumps 39 per cent in one month

'The situation is desperate', campaigners say, after hundreds leave Home Office hotels

Evening Standard

London boroughs expect to overspend budgets by £600m as homelessness rises

The increase in boroughs' spending is due to fast-rising spending, with London's homelessness crisis playing a key role

Evening Standard

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60,000 London renters could become homeless by 2030 if housing benefit stays frozen, analysis finds

The figure comes amid warnings that homelessness in London is already 'increasing unmanageable'

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We must get London homes to net zero, but it'll take both a carrot and a stick

City Voices: Housing represents more than a third of London’s carbon emissions

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London councils warn of financial ‘knife edge’ as overspends grow

Boroughs across the capital call for Government action to address acute demand pressures and spiralling costs.

The Independent UK

London motorists face fines up to £180 in crackdown on illegal parking

London Councils launches consultation into proposed widespread reform of the current system of fines

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Minister urged to un-freeze housing benefit amid rising homelessness

A City Hall politician has urged minister Mel Stride to increase local housing allowance

Evening Standard

Homeless families evicted as landlords quit London emergency housing sector

London councils report 120% year-on-year rise in requests for return of properties used as temporary homes

The Guardian - UK

London’s housing crisis ‘unmanageable’ as one in 50 now homeless

One in 50 Londoners are now homeless and the capital’s housing crisis is becoming “unmanageable”, it was warned on Thursday.

Evening Standard

One in 50 Londoners in temporary accommodation, data suggests

London Councils estimated there were 169,393 Londoners living in temporary accommodation at the time of its survey, including 83,473 children.

The Independent UK

London councils hit with backlash over plans to hike motoring fines from £130 to possibly £160

Councils have launched a consultation over increasing the parking, bus lane and yellow box penalties

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak ‘steps in’ to sort out London housing crisis taking a dig at Sadiq Khan for sky-high home prices

Exclusive: The PM announces a review of the London Plan to speed up house building

Evening Standard

London renting crisis: number of private homes to rent drops to ‘disastrous’ new low across the capital

Londoners scramble for fewer properties as rents continue to soar

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London’s domestic violence services having to rely on volunteers, report warns

Domestic violence services in London have to rely on unpaid staff and volunteers to stay open because funding does not cover their costs, a report has warned.

Evening Standard

Silvertown tunnel among projects hailed as ‘exemplar’ boost to London economy

Work on the newest Thames tunnel – roughly beneath the Emirates cable car – has stirred controversy

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Demand for London primary schools falls again, as more children offered their first choice

Resulting drop in funding could see schools forced to close, cut staff and reduce curriculum, councils warn

The Guardian - UK

Drop in London primary applications puts future of some schools at risk

Demand for reception class places fell by 2.7% this year, prompting fears some institutions may be forced to merge or close

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Over 10,000 London children fail to get first choice of primary school

Families across the capital have been finding out which school their children will start at in September

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More children in London get first choice of primary school amid fall in demand

Falling birth rate and families moving out of the city during pandemic and following Brexit has led to a decline in applications, councils say.

Evening Standard

Government faces legal fight against asylum seeker housing at RAF bases, warns Tory MP

Plans to place migrants in disused military bases were savaged by Tory MPs who warned of legal action against the Government

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak slams Westminster Council over ‘eyewatering’ pay hike for cabinet members

Cabinet members are to get a 45 per cent pay rise while increasing rents for council tenants

Evening Standard

A child in every London classroom is homeless, new analysis finds ahead of Spring Budget

One in 23 children in London homeless, new analysis suggests, as London councils urge Chancellor to take action

Evening Standard

Revealed: More free schools planned for London as pupil numbers dry up

EXCLUSIVE: More than 30 new free schools are in the pipeline for London and are set to create 14,500 places

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Over 1,100 refugees made homeless in London as Homes for Ukraine placements come to end

London councils have made a plea for volunteers to take in refugees as it was revealed more than 1,100 Ukrainian households had become homeless in the capital in the last year.

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