English councils are building new headquarters to accommodate smaller workforces, kick-start redevelopment projects and cut costs. Councils including Sunderland, Cambridgeshire, Warwick district, Durham and Harrogate are either planning to move or have moved to new headquarters.
Critics have said that councils should make better use of existing buildings and consider sharing their administrative operations. The LGA said that over the past decade councils in England will have had their central government funding cut by 60 per cent by 2020, which has led to a drop in staff numbers and demand for office space.
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