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The Latest Breaking News from London Councils

London town halls on edge of bankruptcy after overspending £330m on homelessness services

Boroughs plea for financial lifeline due to ‘growing mismatch’ between temporary accommodation costs and Government funding

Evening Standard

Over 10,000 London children miss out on first preference primary school amid warning over tumbling birthrate

Overall, 87.9% of pupils in London received an offer from their first choice school, equivalent to 73,481 children, data revealed on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Fewer London children secure top choice of primary school

The number of applications for places at primary schools in the capital has fallen again this year.

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London primary school consults on closure after 150 years amid dwindling birthrates and financial struggles

St Cuthbert with St Matthias Church of England Primary School sent out a letter to parents to announce the ‘sad’ news

Evening Standard

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

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Councils disappointed as London excluded from Government's £1.5bn plan to tackle deprivation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised to ‘reform’ the plan inherited from the Tories - but lack of new funding means London still won’t benefit from it

Evening Standard

Parking fines set to increase across London after councils say they aren’t a deterrent anymore

London councils say that it has been 13 years since the penalty charges were last reviewed

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Schools face funding squeeze amid falling London birth rate

‘School funding is allocated on a per-pupil basis, so a decrease in enrolment directly reduces budgets’, a new report warns

Evening Standard

Parking fines in London to increase to £160 after Sadiq Khan gives green light to councils

Councils seek first increase in fines since 2010 to tackle epidemic of ‘anti-social and obstructive parking’

Evening Standard

London council hit by 20,000 cyberattacks every day

Hammersmith and Fulham says it has applied measures such as anti-phishing to combat the attempted attacks

Evening Standard

Right to Buy: London Councils push for reforms to combat 'desperate need for affordable housing'

In response to the government’s consultation on Right to Buy, the cross-party group is pushing for local authorities to be given greater control over the scheme

Evening Standard

Thousands of London drivers paying wrong traffic fines every year

At least six London councils handing out £130 fines based on restrictions which lack up-to-date paperwork

The Independent UK

Drivers in London win over half of appeals against bus lane fines, analysis shows

For moving traffic offences such as stopping in a yellow box when not allowed, 35% of appeals were successful

Evening Standard

‘Thousands of drivers paying invalid traffic fines every year’

The AA said at least six councils in London handed out £130 fines based on restrictions without up-to-date certification.

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Evening Standard

Number of London households on councils' housing waiting lists at highest level in a decade

New data shows the severity of the situation facing ministers, as London grapples with the ‘most severe housing and homelessness crisis in the country’

Evening Standard

Caught short? Warning after nearly 100 public toilets closed in London over last decade

Charity raises ‘serious public health concern’ as three times as many public loos closed or removed by councils as were opened in past 10 years

The Independent UK

Councils warn of acute pressures despite funding boost next year

Councils in urban and rural areas have raised concerns about ongoing pressures on services following changes to the draft settlement for 2025-26.

Evening Standard

Freedom Pass: cost of providing free travel to older Londoners 'to soar to £500m a year'

London Councils warns that cost of providing free travel concessions to pensioners is becoming ‘unsustainable’

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Lack of funding for special needs pupils is causing 'growing gap' in outcomes, London councils warn

Ministers have been urged to boost funding to allow schools to make decisions ‘with inclusion, rather than budgets, as their driving factor’

Evening Standard

Record 8.3m fines issued to motorists as London councils crack down on parking and LTN offences

10% increase in penalty notices handed out by TfL and capital’s 33 boroughs

Evening Standard

'Dire' London council finances must be 'Budget priority' as several boroughs near bankruptcy

London Councils are facing a £700million blackhole driven by skyrocketing homelessness

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rachel Reeves must not forget London's homelessness crisis

For millions of people, the capital is simply home. Yet for an ever-increasing number of Londoners, it is one without a place to live. A report by London Councils lays bare the crisis on our doorsteps, with more than 183,000 Londoners estimated to be homeless and living in temporary accommodation.…

Evening Standard

HGV firms given more time to fit 'blind spot' safety kits to lorries despite cyclist concerns

About 216,000 lorries need upgrades to meet TfL’s new safety standards

Evening Standard

'Utterly unsustainable': London councils spend £4million a day on housing homeless driving some to bankruptcy

Total average temporary accommodation bill for the capital’s councils was £114million each month in the year to April - a 68% rise

Evening Standard

London e-scooter restrictions eased to reduce injuries caused by 'clipping'

TfL and borough councils have been working on ‘a revised approach’ to managing e-scooters, by reducing the use of geofencing

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