Sentence examples for council borrowing from inspiring English sources
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Dromey said the party was "sympathetic" to the idea of lifting council borrowing caps, but failed to elaborate any further.
However, it is disappointing that Lyons does not call for lifting the cap on council borrowing for investment in housing altogether.
If the Treasury were to refinance the councils' existing debt, remove the cap on council borrowing and scrap the four-year rent freeze, councils could start building again.
He also said the party would explore lifting the cap on council borrowing to build more social housing and consider ways to make affordable housing genuinely affordable.
By turning their back on existing safeguards that curb council borrowing, the government could free up authorities to find the investment they need to meet housing demand.
Under the terms of the deal announced in March last year Newham council borrowed £40m towards the conversion, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport supplied £38.7m and a further £25m came from the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Under the terms of the deal announced in March last year Newham Council borrowed £40m towards the conversion, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport supplied £38.7m and a further £25m will come from the Department for Communities and Local Government.
But the commitment to raising councils' borrowing caps by £300m at least gives local authorities some wiggle room when it comes to new development.
As part of this, ministers may remove the cap on councils' borrowing power, so they can build more affordable homes, as well as bringing in "use it or lose it" planning permission for developers.
Even though the government has lifted the cap on councils' borrowing to build new homes and pledged a new generation of council houses, the lack of direct subsidies from central government means few will actually be built.
