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Party increasingly targeting Tory rural councils and ex-Conservative voters who it says feel taken for grantedPolitics live – latest updatesThe Greens have launched their local elections campaign with a pledge to push for rent controls and a mass progr…
Average cost of property in Devon town reached £1,244,025 last year, driven by second home owners“Don’t hate me,” said Theo Spink of the view from her office on Tuesday afternoon, “but the sun is shining, there’s a gentle breeze, people are arriving fo…
Shadow home secretary reveals proposals including more neighbourhood policing and introduction of ‘respect orders’Labour has announced a series of proposals to tackle antisocial behaviour, as it said ministers were failing to address the problem.The ne…
Observer investigation finds many local authorities have extensive backlogs to fix hazards such as falling ceilings and leaking roofsThousands of council housing tenants in England have waited more than a year for repair work on their homes to be compl…
Council tax and planning changes aim to make housing more affordable for those on local incomesRadical measures giving councils in Wales a raft of extra powers designed to stop second homes hollowing out communities, especially in coastal and rural are…
Experts say developers deterred by changes to planning system brought in by successive Tory governmentsPlanning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years, according to figures published this week by the levelling up…
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s failure to treat severe mould led to the death of two-year-old Awaab IshakA social landlord claimed refugee tenants were lucky to have a roof over their heads and that mould was “acceptable” in their homes, an investigati…
Tower Hamlets council’s failure to stop overcrowding has sparked allegations of ‘negligence’ by residents’ associationResidents repeatedly warned a council landlord about a dangerously overcrowded flat but the problem was not solved before a fatal fire…
From Nottingham to the Isle of Wight, people lament losing sense of community as well as facilitiesEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010Alice, an artist on the Isle of Wight, was hopeful that her son would be a confident swimmer by the …
Analysis shows parts of country with greatest health-related deprivation have lost out the most‘A huge loss’: readers on UK leisure centre closuresEngland has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010, with parts of the country that have the greatest h…