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Depletion of social housing stock spurs calls for councils to have first refusal to buy ex-council homes entering marketEngland will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 as were constructed the previous year, research has fou…
Mother of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was killed aged nine in 2022, joins others to call for courage in tackling gun crimeThe mother of a girl who was killed as a result of gang violence in Liverpool has joined the families of other victims of gun crime t…
Scheme has led to 5,300 arrests and seizure of 630kg of Class A and B drugs, according to Merseyside policeA scheme aimed at tackling gang activity in Liverpool has brought about an increase in public confidence in the police three years since three fa…
Reducing urban heat islands, greening local areas and using heat pumps for air conditioning can also play a roleLow-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homesWhy UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact …
Housing campaigners say government look like hypocrites, with Rachel Reeves among those renting out propertiesMinisters who earn profits from privately owned property could be seen as hypocrites by voters who want to see the government’s promised rent …
Trees to remain as memorial to Marline Anderson, who died recently, and who planted them in Battersea in 1980sThe pair of subtropical grapefruit trees have stood, slightly incongruously, on a street in south-west London for 40-odd years since Marline A…
Rushanara Ali accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a monthUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, is facing calls to resign after cla…
Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a monthRushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister after it emerged she evicted four tenants from a property she owns in east London then re…
Keir Starmer says £88m package will help tackle trend of young people becoming ‘disconnected from their communities’Youth clubs and after-school activities in England will receive a funding injection of £88m as ministers try to get more children away f…
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy scheme has cost UK taxpayers almost £200bn, according to a report into the policy’s contribution to Britain’s hous…