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Government 'absolutely committed' to 1.5 million homes target
HOUSING

Government 'absolutely committed' to 1.5 million homes target

By Dan Peters | 12 September 2025

The new housing secretary Steve Reed has insisted the Government is ‘absolutely committed’ to getting 1.5 million homes built in England by 2029.

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...

FINANCE

Audit costs rise by 238%, research reveals

By Izzy Lepone | 19 August 2025

Audit reform ambitions have ‘failed’, creating ‘market chaos’, researchers from the University of...

IMMIGRATION

More than £300m Ukrainian refugee funding unspent

By William Eichler | 19 August 2025

More than £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees still sits in council ...

HOUSING

EXCLUSIVE: Sector warns Government over rental crackdown

By Joe Lepper | 15 August 2025

Councils have privately warned they will be unable to enforce a planned toughening up of regulati...

REORGANISATION

Suffolk CC opposition: Maintain roads instead of splashing out on reorganisation publicity

By Dan Peters | 15 August 2025

Suffolk CC has spent around £100,000 of taxpayers’ money promoting a single county unitary to res...

POLICY

Councils bite back at food waste recycling rollout plan

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 14 August 2025

Councils will not be told how much money they will receive to roll out food waste recycling until...

DEVOLUTION

EXCLUSIVE: Government reluctant to interfere with successful strategic authority boundaries

By Dan Peters | 14 August 2025

The Government has suggested it will not want to rip up existing strategic authority boundaries w...

GOVERNANCE

EXCLUSIVE: McMahon to meet Sheffield leaders about committee abolition

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2025

Minister Jim McMahon has committed to meeting with Sheffield City Council’s political group leade...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG tells councils not to use public funds to win unitary argument

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2025

Senior Whitehall mandarins have reminded councils not to use public funds to persuade residents t...

POLITICS

Homelessness minister quits to avoid becoming 'distraction'

By Dan Peters | 08 August 2025

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has quit the Government following allegations she evicted ten...

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