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​Letter to West Sussex council leaders with information on the consultation on potential modification to the proposal.
Letter to East Sussex and Brighton and Hove council leaders with information on the consultation on potential modification to the proposal.
More time for vulnerable people to pay their bill after missing one month’s payment
Letter to local authorities about the Crisis and Resilience top up for heating oil support.
Letter from the Minister for Local Government and Homelessness to the former Commissioners at Nottingham City Council.
Response from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP, to the Commissioners.
Response from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP to the Ministerial Envoys.
Letter from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP in response to the Commissioners’ sixth report.
Letter to Surrey council leaders about the Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026.
Two new funds to tackle homelessness head-on and help deliver on the national target to halve long‑term rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament.
This follows the confirmation of £78 billion for councils through the settlement, helping them restore public services for communities and tackle deprivation.
Letter from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP in response to the Commissioners’ first report.
Fairer funding as part of the Final Local Government Financial Settlement will help to tackle deprivation and improve public services
​​​​​Letter to inform council leaders of the launch of the local government reorganisation consultations.​
From Blackpool to Plymouth, 14 areas to be transformed as part of the once-in-a-generation reforms to local government
Millions of working women will be better off with new measures being introduced to tackle historic gender pension gap.
Letter from Alison McGovern MP, the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, in response to Commissioners’ sixth report.
This once-in-a-generation reform will end the outdated two-tier system and build stronger local councils.
Letter to council leaders from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness in relation to the 2026 local elections.
Some councils have told the department that elections could derail once-in-a-generation plans to scrap wasteful 'two-tier' councils.
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