News and press releases

This briefing updates members on key details in the Spring Budget (announced on Wednesday 6th March) and London Councils' response

London Councils responds to the Chancellor's announcements.

Young people who have been in care in London can now get free prescriptions, discounted travel and housing support as part of the Pan London Care Leavers Compact, a co-ordinated city-wide support offer for care leavers.

94% of children due to start secondary school in London this September have been offered a place at one of their preferred schools, data published on National Secondary Offer Day 2024 by the Pan London Admissions Board reveals.

A blueprint to deliver domestic retrofit on social housing, and homes in social housing blocks across London.

£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’ budgets, with London Councils labelling this a “critical danger” to their financial stability.

London Councils highlights the range of challenges facing housebuilding in the capital.

For a seventh year, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and London Councils annual survey of more than 1,200 London businesses provides insights into employers’ recruitment plans and their skills needs as they continue to deal with the cost of living crisis.

London Councils' response to the LUHC Committee's report on the findings of its inquiry into financial distress in local authorities.

London boroughs are urging Government to continue the Household Support Fund, which has provided meals for 472,000 London children during school holidays over the past year.