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Calls to ease borrowing powers in wake of homes buying blitz
HOUSING

Calls to ease borrowing powers in wake of homes buying blitz

By By Paul Marinko | 03 September 2026

Councils are demanding the Government ease borrowing restrictions to help them confront the nation’s housing crisis.

HOUSING

Councils bulk buying housing from developers to ease pressures

By Paul Marinko | 03 September 2026

With the housing market stalled, councils are bulk buying homes intended for private sale at huge...

HOMELESSNESS

Let's start with prevention

By Jack Shaw | 03 September 2026

Jack Shaw looks at how government can make homelessness prevention a whole-place responsibility a...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Evict parents of anti-social children, think-tank suggests

By Joe Lepper | 02 September 2026

Social housing tenants who are parents of persistently anti-social children should be evicted fro...

HOUSING

Turning housing ambition into local government delivery

By Victoria Searle | 02 September 2026

Andy Burnham’s pledges to end rough sleeping and usher in the biggest post-war council housebuild...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Sir James replaced by Lam in shadow Cabinet reshuffle

By Dan Peters | 01 September 2026

Shadow Home Office minister and assistant whip Katie Lam has been appointed shadow housing, commu...

HOUSING

Another multi-million pound loss for Cambridgeshire CC-owned company

By Neil Merrick | 28 August 2026

A council-owned development company that borrowed £120m from its parent local authority has poste...

DEVOLUTION

Quango conundrum

By Ann McGauran | 27 August 2026

Rewiring the State promises a serious look at whether arm’s-length bodies’ powers and funding sh...

HOUSING

Sector split on direction of Government's housebuilding boost

By William Eichler | 26 August 2026

The Government’s funding boost for housebuilding has split the sector, with rural councils hittin...

HOUSING

Government announces £10bn to kickstart council housebuilding drive

By William Eichler | 25 August 2026

Local authority leaders have welcomed the first wave of funding from the Government's £39bn Socia...

PLANNING

Mayors to get planning 'call in' powers

By Paul Marinko | 24 August 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to give regional mayors powers to 'call in' major planning decisio...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer)

Up to £112k

You’ll provide overall strategic direction and professional leadership to our Legal and Democratic Services team Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Director of Digital & IT (CDIO)

Up to £122k inc. market supplement

You will establish a clear and ambitious digital strategy, bringing together technology, data, information governance and service transformation Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Head of Housing Management

£89,037 to £92,538

You’ll enhance our emphasis on quality assurance and getting things ‘right first time’ – making better use of technology in our approach Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

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