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Staff working for the London borough claim inexperienced recruits are encouraged to put people off seeking council helpAn east London council has left homeless families living in hotels for six months because its housing service is “near collapse”, ac…
Though some neighbours still object to Miranda Dickson’s front door colour, the council has backed downFirst it was an unacceptable pink, and then an unacceptable green. Now the owner of Edinburgh’s most famous front door has won, with a colour which c…
Exclusive: Party holds power in seven of 10 local authorities worst hit by controversial benefit limitAlmost 200,000 families living in Labour-run councils are affected by the two-child benefit cap, a Guardian analysis has revealed, with the party hold…
No-entry signs are up around the beautiful Taymouth estate as a US developer plans to build luxury homesAt one time, locals and those visiting the village of Kenmore on the north-eastern banks of Loch Tay, Perthshire, were able to take a leisurely walk…
One in five firms see risk of financial failure in next six months due to sums owed by NHS and councilsDozens of home care companies in England fear collapse because invoices are going unpaid by councils and the NHS.Hundreds of millions of pounds in un…
Exclusive: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities returning money to Treasury after struggling to find projects to spend it onMichael Gove’s department is handing back £1.9bn to the Treasury originally meant to tackle England’s housing cr…
Calls grow for legislation requiring developers to include hollow bricks for endangered nesting speciesConservative MPs are joining calls for a new law to guarantee swift bricks in every new home to help the rapidly declining bird and other endangered …
Tenants demand rent freeze at National Landlord Investment Show in London as average monthly UK rents soarTenants facing soaring rents staged a protest against “rampant profiteering” outside a landlord convention in London where investors were told how…
Group has submitted planning application for projects in west and south-east London in face of criticism John Lewis has defended a plan to build homes to rent as the group files planning applications for projects in west and south-east London, and prep…
GLA data reveals over 1,700 more people on the streets compared with last year amid cost of living crisisRough sleeping is soaring in London with over 1,700 more people on the streets than last year – a 21% rise, according to figures from the Greater L…