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Cleverly returns to shadow Rayner
POLITICS

Cleverly returns to shadow Rayner

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2025

Former foreign and home secretary Sir James Cleverly has returned to the Conservative front bench as shadow local government secretary.

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EXCLUSIVE: Councils given 100,000 asylum housing target

By EXCLUSIVE by Mark Conrad | 21 May 2024

Councils have been told to identify an extra 100,000 bedspaces for asylum seekers this year amid ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Home Office accused of misleading council over asylum plans

By Mark Conrad | 24 October 2023

The Home Office faces accusations in the High Court it misled a council over controversial plans ...

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Ending asylum hotel use would back UK 'into a corner'

By Martin Ford | 25 July 2023

The UK should not back itself ‘into a corner’ and exclude hotels as part of the solution to soari...

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Ministers pile pressure on councils amid asylum crisis

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023

Ministers are piling pressure on concerned councils as the Government pushes ahead with plans to ...

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Questions raised over asylum hotels pledge

By Dan Peters and Mark Conrad | 23 May 2023

Senior council figures have questioned whether Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to end the use...

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EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick tells asylum contractors to improve

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2022

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has told Home Office contractors that find accommodation for ...

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Luton latest to head to courts over asylum

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2022

Luton BC has joined the councils taking legal action as the Home Office continues to place asylum...

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EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick vows to improve relationship with sector on asylum

By Dan Peters | 22 November 2022

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has told the sector the Home Office is ‘very keen to improve ...

BUSINESS

Gove scraps urban centre recovery taskforce

By Dan Peters | 09 December 2021

Communities secretary Michael Gove has disbanded a 10-strong expert advisory group of local gover...

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Government U-turn on Westferry planning permission

19 November 2021

The Government has overturned the controversial planning decision that landed former communities ...

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Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (Children’s)

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Senior Lawyer (Regeneration)

£55,181 - £58,269 / year

No two days in Torbay are ever the same! Apply for this job

Torbay Council