Many departments rely on local authorities to deliver policy initiatives, although lack of joined-up working has resulted in competing funding demands. Our predecessors warned that competition between the Home Office and local authorities for local accommodation was “driving up prices and exacerbating the homelessness challenges that local authorities already face”.31 HM Treasury told us that it was using the spending review to encourage join-up across different parts of the system to help deliver government missions.32 MHCLG said it wanted to implement more integrated budget models between local government and other parts of government to facilitate joint-planning.33 Investing in prevention