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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…
Supporters say end of 105-year-old Lancastrian club, which could collapse in days, would devastate seaside townIn the century since it was founded, only a world war has stopped play at Morecambe football club. But the 105-year-old institution is days a…
People living in vans on the park are the subject of a campaign from those living nearby – and the Green-led council is being forced to actLee James is cowering in the rusting Mercedes Sprinter van he calls home. He is worried sick by the growing campa…
Black people also less likely than white people to get social housing and can face ‘overt racism’ from private landlordsBlack people in England are almost four times as likely to face homelessness as white people and substantially less likely to get so…
Critics say change in biodiversity protections would harm environmental recovery and make the scheme ineffectivePlans to weaken environmental regulations for small housebuilders would allow developers to build on an area the size of the Yorkshire Dales…
Court finds rentals had inflicted psychological damage on family living there and violated their right to privacy A judge in Madrid has ordered the closure of 10 tourist flats in a single building in the city centre after a landmark ruling that said “…
Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit capChildren in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty” where deprivation has become normalised, the children’s commissioner has …
Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural townsPeople who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has fou…
Exclusive: Matthew Pennycook takes aim at unfair practices made possible by leasehold system in England and WalesThe housing minister has promised to crack down on unfair service charges and what he called the “wild west” of property managing agents as…
Exclusive: Thinktank calls for stronger penalties for corporate negligence in England, including directorship and public-contract bansCompanies responsible for unsafe cladding should face unlimited fines and permanent bans from public contracts, accord…