News and communications

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Adam Hawksbee as interim Chair for the new Towns Unit

• Updated: 25 January 2024

Letter to Tony McArdle OBE, Chair of the London Borough of Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel, in response to the latest Panel report.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

Correspondence confirming the appointment of Eleanor Brazil to the London Borough of Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

More than 9 out of 10 local authorities frequently struggle to find homes for children with complex needs, according to a new report from Ofsted.

• Updated: 16 January 2024

Best Value Notice issued to Eastleigh Borough Council on 19 December 2023.

• Updated: 19 December 2023

Best Value Notice issued to Runnymede Borough Council on 19 December 2023.

• Updated: 19 December 2023

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove sets out £64 billion funding package for councils to deliver vital services

• Updated: 18 December 2023

Copies of the letters confirming Commissioners’ appointments at Woking Borough Council.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Revised Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions made under sections 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 on 25 May 2023 in respect of Woking Council.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the Commissioners’ fourth report.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Letter to the Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council, in response to the fourth report from commissioners. The letter invites representations on the proposed return of some functions to the council and a revised set of Di…

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Letter to Nottingham City Council’s Chief Executive, regarding the Secretary of State’s ‘minded to’ decision to intervene and appoint Commissioners.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Letter to the Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council, in response to the second report from Commissioners, noting the appointments made to the Commissioner team.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the commissioners’ second report.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Correspondence from the Minister for Local Government to Sir Tony Redmond, Chair of the Nottingham City Council Improvement and Assurance Board, following the board’s third and fourth reports to the Secretary of State; this …

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Seven projects are awarded grants from round three of Levelling Up Fund to support long-term regeneration and growth.

• Updated: 20 November 2023

Letter from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to Sir Tony Redmond, Chair of the Improvement and Assurance Board.

• Updated: 9 November 2023

Letter from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to Tony McArdle OBE, Chair of the Improvement and Assurance Panel.

• Updated: 9 November 2023

This Best Value Notice was issued to South Cambridgeshire District Council on 3 November 2023.

• Updated: 3 November 2023

Letter from the Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council, Julie Fisher, to the Woking Commissioners about improvement progress.

• Updated: 19 October 2023