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REGULATION
Building Safety Regulator delays prompt rethink
By Neil Merrick | 28 October 2025
Elements of building safety could be removed from the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and returned to local authority control.
HOUSING
Councils key to New Towns success, say peers
By Martin Ford | 25 October 2025
Councils must have a key role to make a success of the New Towns programme, peers have urged.
PLANNING
Coalition calls for planning law change
By Neil Merrick | 01 September 2025
Ministers have been urged to change the law to reduce the number of non-residential buildings tur...
POLICY
Peers pass fire and hire exemption
By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2025
Councils with financial problems that are placed under government intervention may be exempt from...
POLITICS
Pennycook: Resident resistance won't stop new towns
By Izzy Lepone | 21 July 2025
New town developments could proceed amid resistance from residents, the housing and planning mini...
HOUSING
Councils to be handed powers to inspect rented homes without notice
By Joe Lepper | 21 July 2025
Councils are to be given powers to inspect rented homes without providing notice to landlords.
LEGISLATION
Unite hits out at Labour over fire and rehire threat
By Heather Jameson | 09 July 2025
Birmingham bin strike union Unite has hit out at Labour after it became clear an amendment to emp...
LEGISLATION
Unite hits out at Labour in fire and rehire move
By Heather Jameson | 09 July 2025
Councils under government intervention could be exempt from a legal ban on so-called fire and reh...
PLANNING
Infrastructure delivery key in new towns programme, professor warns
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2025
Delivering infrastructure will be the key challenge for the Government’s new towns programme, a p...
PLANNING
Local government upheaval could hit new town development
By Martin Ford | 22 April 2025
Peers have heard of concerns over the impact of local government reorganisation and devolution on...
PEOPLE
Gove handed peerage
By Martin Ford | 14 April 2025
Former local government secretary Michael Gove has been appointed to the House of Lords.
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