Housing

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...

A roof over our heads

By Sandra Dinneen | 03 November 2015

Sandra Dinneen explains where the barrier to housing developments really lies.

HOUSING

Living the dream?

By David Walker | 03 November 2015

Migration is becoming a local issue more than ever, and as David Walker says, councils need more ...

HEALTH

Joint growth report highlights continued central-local gap

03 November 2015

Whitehall must tackle the cultural barriers between local and central government if cities in the...

FINANCE

On the straight and narrow

By Paul O'Brien | 03 November 2015

With councils facing tough times, Paul O'Brien explains why greater honesty and consistency would...

FINANCE

LGA calls for planning fees overhaul

By Sam Clayden | 03 November 2015

Council leaders have urged the Government to allow local authorities to set their own planning fees.

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