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How London’s falling birthrate is affecting applications for secondary school places

The capital has been facing a fast-falling birth rate that has already seen several councils plan primary school closures or mergers.

The Independent UK

London councils call to keep half of funds raised by tourist tax

The boroughs have launched a campaign to ‘keep the levy local’

The Independent UK

London schools face cuts to staff and budgets as pupil numbers fall

Demand for year 7 pupils is expected to fall by 7.6% over the next four years, with similar numbers expected in primary schools

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London schools crisis: Secondaries worst hit for first time as pupil numbers plummet further

90 primary or secondary schools in the capital have been forced to merge or close in the last five years

Evening Standard

Freedom Pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for over-65s in London

The sensational development comes a week after The Standard revealed that a review of the scheme had been requested

Evening Standard

'You'll have a fight on your hands!' Huge backlash against 'cruel' plans to limit London's Freedom Pass

More than 50,000 people sign petition opposing possible changes to London travel freebie

Evening Standard

London Freedom Pass under review as travel fares continue to rise

London Councils confirmed the Freedom Pass is under review due to soaring costs of the scheme

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Freedom Pass to be reviewed as councillors sound alarm over soaring cost of £372m travel freebie

Exclusive: London Councils to examine likely impact of increasing qualifying age and limiting it to a free bus pass

Evening Standard

London's shame: More than 100,000 children will be homeless in capital this Christmas

London Councils estimates there is at least one homeless child in every classroom across the city

Evening Standard

Freedom Pass: £372m cost of London travel freebie that Kirstie Allsopp says is 'bankrupting the country'

Cost of providing free travel for 1.2m pensioners could reach £500m a year, cash-strapped councils warn

Evening Standard

£100 on-the-spot fines for Lime and Forest in new crackdown on e-bikes abandoned on pavements

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster council opens new front in battle against pavement clutter by emailing fixed penalty tickets direct to e-bike firms

Evening Standard

Londoners face rocketing council tax bills as half of boroughs warn of bankruptcy by 2028

London’s town halls will be £4.7 billion short of covering the costs of providing services by 2029, resulting in “inevitable” cuts and council tax rises

Evening Standard

Record 9.4 million fines slapped on London motorists as councils and TfL accused of 'money-making exercise'

The total number of penalties handed out by the capital's 32 boroughs, the City of London and TfL has increased by about 13.5 per cent since last year and 70 per cent since 2010

Evening Standard

Drivers in London hit by almost 10 million fines over past year

A total of 9,462,185 Penalty Charge Notices were given out last year, new data from London Councils has revealed

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Evening Standard

London councils spend £5.5m a day on homelessness crisis as demand soars from desperate families

Mayor Sadiq Khan may ease affordable homes target in bid to bring crisis-hit house-building industry back to life

Evening Standard

London councils will be ‘unable to provide basic services’ after government funding shake-up, warn businesses

BusinessLDN – which represents more than 170 of the city’s largest employers – urged ministers to ensure that the Fair Funding Review takes account of the city’s higher costs and levels of deprivation

The Guardian - UK

London councils to lose millions in funding despite high poverty levels

Ministers face backlash after analysis of proposed shake-up finds more than 10% drop in finance for some areas

Evening Standard

London 'short-changed' in Rachel Reeves' Spending Review despite bumper deal for TfL

Rachel Reeves was accused of ‘shortchanging’ the capital with little cash for infastructure, schools and policing

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Evening Standard

Half of London boroughs face bankruptcy over schools funding crisis

Sixteen of the capitals 33 local authorities have said they face ‘severe budget deficits’ totalling £500million next year over school funding shortfalls

Evening Standard

Revealed: London boroughs plan to cut spending on council housing by £264million

Capital’s local authorities beg ministers to ‘stabilise the social housing sector’ as they prepare to make ‘deep cutbacks’

The Guardian - UK

London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds

Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

Evening Standard

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.

Evening Standard

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

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