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22 June 2022

Climate Change Showcase

( [link removed] )London Climate Action Week ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ) starts on Saturday 25 June, and we’re showcasing the innovative ways the London boroughs are working together.

The London Councils’ Climate Change Showcase event takes place online on Friday 1 July 10.30am to 12 noon. It's open to the public, borough officers and councillors:  ( [link removed] )register to attend here ( [link removed] ) to find out what is being done #BeTheSolution. 

Boroughs warn of inflation’s extra pressure on budgets

Skyrocketing inflation is driving £400m of additional budget pressures on boroughs in the capital, London Councils has warned.

Although the government increased local authority funding this year, fast-rising inflation has effectively cut £100m from the financial uplift boroughs received for 2022-23.

With so many Londoners struggling through the cost-of-living crisis, London Councils fears the impact of boroughs’ worsening finance pressures on services for the capital’s most vulnerable residents, as well the repercussions for local economic growth and regeneration plans.

Cllr Georgia Gould, Chair of London Councils, said: ( [link removed] ) “Rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis are having a crippling effect on families who are having to make increasingly difficult decisions about whether to eat or heat their homes.

“Boroughs welcome the government providing some much-needed extra support to households, and we are seeking a similar intervention to help councils deal with their massive finance pressures."

Proposed reforms for renters could 'improve housing stability and reduce homelessness'

London Councils has welcomed the measures set out in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper.

Highlighting the capital’s severe housing pressures, the cross-party group particularly supports moves to ban unfair evictions and to apply the Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector.

( [link removed] )Cllr Darren Rodwell, London Councils’ Executive Member for Regeneration, Housing & Planning, said ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ): “These reforms will undoubtedly be good news for London’s two million private renters.

"We will continue to push for action on addressing London’s severe housing crisis. Councils now need strong enforcement powers and resources to help ensure any changes in the law actually succeed in helping tenants and boosting standards in the private rented sector."

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