The Latest Breaking News from London Councils

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2025

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 · Apr 23, 2025

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 · Apr 16, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

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 · Feb 18, 2025

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 · Feb 17, 2025

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 · Feb 10, 2025

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 · Jan 28, 2025

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 · Jan 22, 2025

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 · Jan 22, 2025