On Monday 28th July, the Minister for Local Growth, Alex Norris, visited projects in South Shields and Hebburn set to benefit from the transformative £20 million Community Regeneration Partnership developed with residents, community groups, local businesses and leaders. People across …
The Local Government Association (LGA) has made a statement today suggesting that government proposals to exempt small building sites from paying ‘section 106’ contributions would have cost 30,000 affordable homes over the last 5 years. These claims are fundamentally flawed. …
The Mayor of London’s comments are misleading and alarmist. We took decisive action at the height of the pandemic to protect hundreds of lives by bringing nearly 15,000 of the most vulnerable into safe accommodation and we will not stop …
There has been media coverage today of a call by the Wildlife Trusts for a new ‘wildbelt’ planning designation and their claims that our proposed planning reforms will damage nature. We disagree entirely with these claims - the government is …
On 26 August the Financial Times reported that Croydon Council has approached the department for additional financial support and that other councils could follow. The Ministry is clear that councils – including Croydon - have received unprecedented financial support to …
Today we’ve published Planning for the Future – the most significant reforms to planning policy in decades, overhauling the country’s 70-year-old planning system to deliver the homes we need. Some have suggested this would reduce the quality of new homes being delivered, or not deliver enough affordable housing. These claims are completely untrue.
On the 26th May the Guardian reported on an interview with the Mayor of London, who suggested funding to support rough sleepers to self-isolate was going to run out by mid-June which could lead to a surge in rough sleepers …
A story in the Manchester Evening News on Friday 15 May inaccurately suggests that the government is winding up its support for rough sleepers helped off the streets during the coronavirus pandemic.
Local authorities will receive an extra £3.2 billion to help their response to coronavirus. It's important to understand how that money has been allocated and why.
An editorial published by The Guardian on Monday 11 May commenting on the government’s support for English councils ignores the significant measures put in place to help them respond to coronavirus.