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ASYLUM
Heated. Divided. Unresolved. Asylum is not an easy issue
By Heather Jameson | 28 August 2025
Not so long ago, August used to be the silly season for news, as outlets scratched round while Pa...
HOUSING
HMOs become centre of latest asylum battle
By By Paul Marinko | 28 August 2025
Councils are being urged to tighten planning laws around Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) as ...
COHESION
Taskforce fails to recognise councils' key role in cohesion
By EXCLUSIVE by Paul Marinko | 27 August 2025
Ministers have been accused of failing to recognise the ‘vital role’ of councils in cohesion afte...
LEGAL
Farage: Put pressure on councils to follow Epping Forest
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has urged people to 'put pressure' on councils to go to court after...
HOUSING
Reform councils attack Home Office over asylum housing
By Paul Marinko | 19 August 2025
Reform UK council leaders have written to home secretary Yvette Cooper attacking the Government’s...
ASYLUM
Judge temporarily bans new arrivals at Epping asylum hotel
By Ann McGauran | 18 August 2025
A judge has ordered an Essex hotel not to accept any new applications from asylum seekers until h...
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce
By Dan Peters | 06 August 2025
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to unde...
POLITICS
MP's warning after asylum protests
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2025
Protests at an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers is a ‘crisis that risks boiling over’, an MP ha...
POLITICS
Home Office recommits to closing asylum hotels
By Joe Lepper | 31 July 2025
The Government has insisted it ‘remains committed’ to ending the use of hotels for asylum accommo...
HOUSING
Durham tightens HMO rules
By Paul Marinko | 29 July 2025
Durham CC’s Reform administration has tightened Homes of Multiple Occupation (HMO) rules after it...
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Premium jobWe are seeking an ambitious and strategic leader to join our senior management team as Assistant Director for Estate Strategy & Development. Apply for this job
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Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job
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