Housing

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2015

Central government’s refusal to release control over local economies has been compared to the att...

LONDON COUNCILS

Capital concerns

By Victoria Harkness | 19 November 2015

With the mayoral election barely six months away and a Housing Bill making its way through Parlia...

Mayoral candidate hints support for local devolution

By Sam Clayden | 19 November 2015

London mayor hopeful Sadiq Khan hinted his support for devolution at the London Conference as the...

WHITEHALL

Right to Buy risks 'fracturing' relationships' at local level

17 November 2015

MPs have heard that relations between local authorities and housing associations have been ‘damag...

HOUSING

'Address poverty with more affordable homes'

17 November 2015

The provision of affordable homes by district councils is a major way of helping tackle poverty, ...

DCLG

New funding to tackle 'beds in sheds'

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 November 2015

Local authorities are being invited to bid for a slice of a new £5m fund to crackdown on rogue la...

BUSINESS

Edinburgh plans to build 8,000 affordable homes

10 November 2015

Edinburgh City Council is set to build 8,000 homes over the next decade in a bid to tackle a lack...

PLANNING

Ministers clash over housebuilding

By Sam Clayden | 10 November 2015

The shadow cabinet minister for housing and planning has attacked the Conservatives’ plans for ho...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Councils' reserves to set up building firm

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

Newcastle City Council is to set up its own trading company as three local authorities in Suffol...

WHITEHALL

Housing Bill 'a threat to local decision-making'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

A former local government minister has described the Housing and Planning Bill as one of the most...

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