A year on from the start of housing self-financing and most elements are working well. But the move to full depreciation accounting needs a bit more time
London Mayor Boris Johnson has embraced the Travers commission proposals for increased financial autonomy for the capital. But will Whitehall, asks Vivienne Russell
Planning relaxations that come into effect in England today will ‘significantly reduce’ councils' ability to decide on important developments in their area, the Local Government Association has...
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a £290.8m investment boost for housing plus plans to shift funds from colleges and police to make up for central budget cuts.
The Chartered Institute of Housing has warned that the government’s £130bn Help to Buy scheme could increase housing costs without leading to more homes being built.
The Local Government Association has today urged MPs to halt plans for a ‘free-for-all’ on home extensions that could have a negative impact on local communities.
The removal of restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian immigration to the UK is unlikely to have a significant impact on public services in the UK, economic forecasters said today.
The Budget announced a range of measures to boost home ownership. But the underlying problem is a shocking fall in house building by councils, something the coalition’s New Homes Bonus has...
The controversial ‘bedroom tax’ is the latest in a tsunami of benefit cuts. And with Housing Benefit caps and cuts to disability payments, claimants are feeling the squeeze. Claudia Wood investigates
David Cameron’s plans to curtail migrants’ rights to social housing have the appearance of being thought up quickly and not thought through properly. There are much better ways to...
The National Audit Office has slammed the Department for Communities and Local Government’s management of the £1.3bn New Homes Bonus programme, warning that many councils would lose out.
Scottish local authorities today criticised the UK government’s ‘extreme and ill thought-out’ welfare reforms, warning they could have ‘a real and long-term damaging effect on the most vulnerable in...
Government support worth more than £130bn is to be made available to help people buy a home, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Budget statement.
Whitehall funds for training, housing and transport are to be devolved into single cash pots for Local Enterprise Partnerships, ministers announced today in their response to the Heseltine growth...
Auditors have criticised Scottish councils’ management of major capital projects after finding most schemes were late and cost ‘significantly’ more than first estimated.
Business leaders have urged Chancellor George Osborne to prioritise investment in housing in next week’s Budget as part of moves to boost the economy through construction.
The discretionary fund set up to help people pay their rent once the ‘bedroom tax’ is imposed next month is more than £100m short of what is needed, according to the National Housing Federation.
