Government proposals to increase National Insurance Contributions face criticism in the House of Lords from former District Councils' Network chair Lord Fuller, who warns the changes would create a £1.2bn additional burden on local authorities - #localgov

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.@GwynneMP announces a 5.4% increase to the public health grant to £3.9bn, representing almost £200m in additional funding for local authority health services and interventions, including family and school nurses, and sexual health clinics - #localgov

Communities secretary Angela Rayner announces that nine local authorities - in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Surrey - have been given permission to delay their local elections from this year -

Ministers have been warned against overreach in creating the local audit office, with experts urging caution over its powers, size and potential political influence - #localgov

The Home Office has ended key funding incentives for councils receiving unaccompanied asylum-seeking children through the National Transfer Scheme - . #localgov

In a comment piece for @themjcouk, @shah_arooj highlights the urgent need for fundamental reform in the SEND system, warning that financial pressures and systemic failures are putting councils at risk of bankruptcy while failing children -

#localgov secretary Angela Rayner announces local elections in several counties will be delayed by a year to allow for major council reorganisations, with smaller district councils merging into larger unitary authorities -

Questions have been raised over the financial impact of reorganisation - #localgov

There is concern over the Government's plans for a new audit body - #localgov

Analysis by property consultants JLL predicts council housing waiting lists in England could reach two million within a decade - #localgov

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Analysis by property consultants JLL warns the council house waiting list in England could reach two million within a decade - #localgov

The Government's approach to distributing compensation to councils for higher National Insurance Contribution bills has been described as 'sensible' by the Institute for Fiscal Studies - #localgov