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Following the Grenfell Tower update from the Metropolitan Police, please see the below statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.
Delivers on the Prime Minister’s promise to put power back in local hands and bring good growth to every postcode.
Mayors and local leaders will be given new powers with a levy on overnight stays as part of a devolution drive to shift power out of Westminster.
Review launched into plans to streamline local government, to ensure it is robust and aligns with new government priorities.
Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the First Secretary of State, to the Electoral Commission regarding an independent assessment of political party spending limits.
The government calls on councils to go further and faster on council housebuilding, backed by funding and support.
Letter notifying private registered providers that initial allocations of funding from the Social and Affordable Homes Programme have been made.
The government announces its first wave of funding from its £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
Government departments to second officials into mayoral authorities, working with the mayor, in the largest transfer of Whitehall capacity to local leaders yet
People across England and Wales will receive an Emergency Alert on their phones today as the Government steps up action to protect communities from the growing threat posed by wildfires.
Letters to council leaders with the Secretary of State’s decision on local government reorganisation.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Letter sent to leaders in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from the Secretary of State explaining that no decision has been taken on local government reorganisation in the area.
Letter sent to leaders in West Sussex from the Secretary of State explaining that no decision has been taken on local government reorganisation in the area.
Changes will simplify local government to unlock the path towards devolution and drive economic growth
The second phase of Awaab's Law will come into force on 30 November 2026, so more dangerous hazards are fixed quickly to help tenants living in social housing.
A speech from the Local Government Secretary Steve Reed at the Local Government Conference
The Housing Secretary's speech at Lloyds Banking Group's Social Housing Forum on 6 July 2026.
New rules include a cap on donations from those who've lived overseas and tougher checks on company donations.
New reforms confirmed today to speed up the approval process for major infrastructure projects.
Speaking at the Remaking the State Annual Conference in London, Communities Secretary Steve Reed set out reforms to put more power in the hands of communities.
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