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Supporting councils to invest in new homes

|Date: 27 May, 2024

Supporting councils to invest in new homes

How can cash-strapped councils facing Section 114 still invest in place? With some councils across the UK ...

How can cash-strapped councils facing Section 114 still invest in place? With some councils across the UK facing tough times with their finances, David Atkinson, National Head of Land and Development ...

27 May, 2024
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“Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice, but failure to respond to the housing crisis is a Government choice”, warns Mayor Andy Burnham as he marks success of Housing First scheme

|Date: 10 November, 2023

“Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice, but failure to respond to the housing crisis is a Government choice”, warns Mayor Andy Burnham as he marks success of Housing First scheme

Mayor Andy Burnham has made an urgent call on Government to work with Greater Manchester to prevent an in ...

Mayor Andy Burnham has made an urgent call on Government to work with Greater Manchester to prevent an increase in homelessness and rough sleeping, as national policy decisions put growing pressure on ...

10 November, 2023
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Experts to explain hazardous concrete risk to public bodies

|Date: 28 September, 2023

Experts to explain hazardous concrete risk to public bodies

Worried owners and managers of public buildings are being offered expert support to navigate the hazardou ...

Worried owners and managers of public buildings are being offered expert support to navigate the hazardous concrete crisis which has disrupted schools across the UK. Those with responsibility for buil ...

28 September, 2023
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£1.14bn devolution deal for the East Midlands

|Date: 30 August, 2022

£1.14bn devolution deal for the East Midlands

The Government has confirmed that a £1.14bn devolution deal is on offer for the East Midlands, covering D ...

The Government has confirmed that a £1.14bn devolution deal is on offer for the East Midlands, covering Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Nottingham. The deal will provide the region with a guara ...

30 August, 2022
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Exclusive polling reveals voters’ message to incoming Prime Minister: give councils more money and power for Net Zero to ease the cost-of-living crisis

|Date: 14 July, 2022

Exclusive polling reveals voters’ message to incoming Prime Minister: give councils more money and power for Net Zero to ease the cost-of-living crisis

People across the UK want to see more support for local authorities to deal with the threat of climate ch ...

People across the UK want to see more support for local authorities to deal with the threat of climate change and more support for Net Zero action to address the cost-of-living crisis, according to a ...

14 July, 2022
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Government to introduce new national residents’ panel and empower Regulator to name and shame underperforming RPs

|Date: 30 March, 2022

Government to introduce new national residents’ panel and empower Regulator to name and shame underperforming RPs

The Government has published a package of new measures to improve social housing quality, almost five yea ...

The Government has published a package of new measures to improve social housing quality, almost five years after the devasting Grenfell Tower fire. These measures build on the Social Housing White Pa ...

30 March, 2022
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Government unveils its levelling up plan to transform UK

|Date: 2 February, 2022

Government unveils its levelling up plan to transform UK

Michael Gove has unveiled the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to transform t ...

Michael Gove has unveiled the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it. The Levelling Up Secretary sa ...

2 February, 2022
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London Councils welcomes government’s ‘fair and much-needed’ proposals to property industry for fixing cladding crisis

|Date: 10 January, 2022

London Councils welcomes government’s ‘fair and much-needed’ proposals to property industry for fixing cladding crisis

London Councils has welcomed the Government’s proposed new deal with the residential property developer i ...

London Councils has welcomed the Government’s proposed new deal with the residential property developer industry to help fix the cladding crisis. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Commu ...

10 January, 2022
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Government and industry must accelerate construction reforms for the sector to deliver on ‘build back better’ ambitions

|Date: 12 October, 2021

Government and industry must accelerate construction reforms for the sector to deliver on ‘build back better’ ambitions

Government and industry must work together to spur an improvement in construction buying habits if the in ...

Government and industry must work together to spur an improvement in construction buying habits if the industry is to successfully underpin the country’s long-term net zero and levelling-up ambitions. ...

12 October, 2021
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Stonewater responds to cabinet reshuffle

|Date: 16 September, 2021

Stonewater responds to cabinet reshuffle

The appointment of Michael Gove, as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is w ...

The appointment of Michael Gove, as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is welcomed by leading housing provider Stonewater, particularly in relation to his additional resp ...

16 September, 2021
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