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
London’s census figures must be treated with ‘extreme caution’, boroughs warn
The number of Londoners is likely to have been seriously undercounted.
28 June 2022
Boroughs warn of skyrocketing inflation’s £400m extra pressure on budgets
London Councils is concerned that local services and economic recovery will be jeopardised without immediate new support.
20 June 2022
London’s trial of rental e-scooters extended to November
London Councils and Transport for London (TfL) have extended the capital’s trial of rental e-scooters from 6 June until 20 November this year, which will allow the trial to build on its successes and further explore how e-scooters could play a role in a sustainable transport network.
19 May 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
Spring Statement: Boroughs warn of ‘hard times for many Londoners'
Even with the support measures unveiled by the chancellor, boroughs are braced for many of their residents facing cost-of-living pressures.
23 March 2022
National Secondary Offer Day in London 2022: 94% get preferred school place
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 2022 by the Pan London Admissions Board reveals.
1 March 2022
Far from rosy financial outlook for boroughs as pressures continue
The government’s boost to local authority funding provides short-term relief but cannot disguise the extreme pressures town halls will continue to face.
24 January 2022