A landmark ruling from the UK’s highest court has made clear that those responsible for unsafe buildings should be held account. On 21 May, Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled that the developer BDW could seek to recover the costs of fixing major …
Today the government has laid regulations to exempt care leavers under 25 and victims of domestic abuse from local connection rules so they can have better access to social housing. Under the new rules these groups will no longer be …
There has been reporting that councils will increase council tax by 5% in coming years as a result of the Spending Review. To safeguard residents against excessive hikes, the Spending Review confirmed the government intends to maintain the referendum threshold …
It was confirmed this week (Wednesday 10th July) that the Government will formally scrap the Vagrancy Act by Spring next year. New legislation brought forward through the Home Office’s Crime and Policing Bill will instead focus on real crimes such …
Over the weekend it was reported that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will remove our existing environmental protections and put irreplaceable ancient woods and trees at risk. This is not true. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will maintain the existing …
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