Councils in the capital have managed to vastly reduce the number of families in hotels and B&Bs, but is this really a win in the battle against homelessness? @mattyedwards23.bsky.social reports.

🚨 My latest exclusive reveals the full extent of assets sold by Birmingham Council after it went bust.

A whopping 1,000 assets have been flogged off but the council still has £500m to raise by March to satisfy the government appointed commissioners. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/revealed-the...

Recently released council accounts show Birmingham had hundreds of millions it could have used instead of going bankrupt & issuing extreme cuts, say 35 accountant researchers.

They're demanding an inquiry. Read the full story, in The Dispatch.

🚨 REVEALED: Accounting experts are calling for a public inquiry into Birmingham City Council's decision to declare itself bankrupt, as new analysis uncovers that the council’s financial health was much better than reported when it raised the alarm in 2023 www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-numbers-...

🚨 New figures show Bristol City Council has barely improved its record of answering FOI requests on time, 18 months after it was slapped with an enforcement notice by the ICO www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📚 I've co-written this report for @research-for-act.bsky.social into how to urgently improve the poor accessibility of financial information from local councils, in collaboration with Sussex Uni researchforaction.uk/new-report-o...

🙌 From community centres to youth centres and libraries, groups across the Birmingham are trying to keep vital assets in community hands and save them from closure.

There are stories of hope among the doom and gloom after their council went bust

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-local-gr...

While we wait for a new strategy from the government, councils around the country are getting creative in their response to the homelessness crisis - and they're getting it right

@mattyedwards23.bsky.social reports : national.thelead.uk/p/bristol-te...

🏠 After years of spiralling costs of placing homeless people in temporary accommodation, including hotels or homes owned by private companies cashing in on the crisis, Bristol is one the councils managing to turn the tide.

My latest for @theleaduk.bsky.social

Important work by @theleaduk.bsky.social who have launched this petition to amend the Employment Rights Bill to prevent any cuts to Statutory Sick Pay for workers on lower wages #SafeSickPay thelead.uk/raise-rate-s...

📢 Some personal news: Seven years after joining the @thebristolcable.bsky.social as a green reporter, I'm moving onto my next challenge.

It's been a privilege to work at such an innovative org with so many great people, and hopefully tell some important stories along the way. (1/3)