There has been widespread media coverage of the launch of an independent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics. The review was launched in the House of Commons yesterday by the Housing Secretary Steve Reed, and will be led …
There has been widespread national coverage of the government’s announcement which unveiled over £1 billion will be invested for victims of domestic abuse to access support and rebuild their lives. An extra £19 million will be invested under the Domestic …
There has been widespread, national print and broadcast coverage, alongside extensive positive stakeholder reaction, on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s cross-government plan to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping. The strategy is backed by £3.5 billion of investment …
There has been reporting in the media that the government will allow ‘limitless’ council tax rises – this is not true or accurate. There has been no change in the governments approach to council tax. Council tax has always been, …
Renting in England is about to change – and millions of tenants are set to benefit. From 1 May 2026, new laws will kick in that give 11 million renters stronger rights, better protections and more security in their homes. …
There has been widespread, national print and broadcast coverage, alongside extensive positive stakeholder reaction, to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s announcement to speed up housebuilding with a default ‘yes’ for new homes around well-connected train stations, measures …
Following the Renters’ Rights Act which recently passed in law, the timeline for implementing these new legal protections has been published today, giving time for landlords and letting agents to deliver these changes for their tenants. The roadmap sets out …
Today, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced planned reforms to provide local authorities with powers to clean up local politics. This responds to the challenges local authorities have faced since the Localism Act in 2011, which has …
There has been widespread national and regional coverage about our announcement today setting out further details of the historic £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme as well as freeing up £150 million from the Brownfield Housing Fund. Coverage across …
There has been media coverage today questioning whether the government’s 1.5 million homes target is achievable and concerns about the OBR forecast on housebuilding being too optimistic. From the outset the government has been clear this is a stretching but …