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Letter to Surrey council leaders about the Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Letter from Alison McGovern, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness, in response to the Commissioners’ seventh report.
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.
Letter to the London Borough of Croydon to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
Letter to Thurrock Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27.
Letter to Slough Borough Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2026-27.
Letter to Birmingham City Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request to revise the previously agreed profile of in-principle capitalisation support in prior years (2020-21 to 2025-26).
Letter to Woking Borough Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2026-27.
Letter to Warrington Borough Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
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
Response from the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP, to the Commissioners.
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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