One year on from Afghanistan evacuation, boroughs highlight resettlement successes and pressures
Thousands of Afghans have started new lives as Londoners.
9 August 2022
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"Deeper collaboration with local government is a vital linchpin to meet national net zero targets" - London Councils responds to the CCC progress report
Mayor Philip Glanville, London Councils’ Climate Change, Transport and Environment Lead, responds to today's progress report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC),
29 June 2022
Boroughs announce knowledge partnerships to tackle climate change
London Councils and London Higher have today announced five new knowledge partnerships between five borough-led climate programmes and four universities across London.
25 March 2022
Boroughs commit to joint action on climate
London Councils is publishing new Climate Change Programme Action plans, which set out how boroughs will work collaboratively to reach Net Zero targets across the capital
24 March 2022
"Tackling climate change will only be successful if we all collaborate to achieve it." London Councils responds to the GLA's report on achieving Net Zero by 2030
London Councils responds to the GLA's report on achieving Net Zero by 2030.
20 January 2022
London Councils announces partners in £24 million grants programme
The London Councils Grants Committee has agreed funding for a four-year pan-London grants programme to tackle homelessness and combat domestic and sexual abuse. This latest phase of the grants programme, which will run from 2022 to 2026, is funded by London boroughs on a cross-party basis and will provide support to London’s most vulnerable residents.
14 January 2022
4,000 Afghan arrivals to spend winter in temporary hotel accommodation in London
Boroughs are playing an instrumental role in delivering wraparound support to families living in hotels.
22 December 2021
Londoners feel cost of living squeeze
New polling commissioned for London Councils shows that the cost of living is now the most important issue facing Londoners.
16 December 2021
'A mandatory national transfer scheme is an important first step'
London Councils' response to the news that the government is making the National Transfer Scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children mandatory.
23 November 2021
Leader of London Councils and Mayor of London convene London Climate Summit to build powerful coalition tackling the climate crisis ahead of COP26
Ahead of the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference starting in Glasgow on Sunday, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and leader of London Councils, Cllr Georgia Gould, will today welcome London’s leaders, businesses and communities to the London Climate Summit.
28 October 2021