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‘Vital cash injection’ to tackle and prevent homelessness welcomed
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner described the funding as ‘historic’.
Devolution will be the default for local government, Angela Rayner claims
Deputy Prime Minister Ms Rayner said the Government was ‘taking a step towards relighting the fire in our great regions’.
Devolution plans ‘about giving power from Westminster to local leaders’ – No 10
Downing Street said the redesign was also about tackling the ‘waste’ from multiple layers of government.
Devolution plans spark fears that powers could be taken from local communities
The proposals include creating so-called strategic authorities across England to bring together councils in areas where people live and work.
Rayner to promise ‘devolution by default’ in speech to local leaders
The Deputy Prime Minister will vow to push power out of Whitehall and into the hands of people with ‘skin in the game’.
Labour’s British building boom not possible, construction authorities say
Asked Labour’s vow to build 1.5 million homes is achievable, Barratt Redrow chief executive David Thomas said: “The short answer is no.”
Homes ‘top priority’ as Government reforms to allow more building on green belt
A shake-up of planning rules means councils have been given mandatory targets to deliver a total of 370,000 homes a year in England.
Why have changes been made to planning policy and what are they?
The Government said it will intervene if councils do not co-operate fully in a push to deliver 1.7 million new homes.
Government willing to step in if authorities refuse to plan for housing targets
The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take over if local authorities refuse to put plans in place to meet housing targets.
Starmer vows to put ‘builders not blockers first’ with changes to planning rules
Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer have set out changes to councils’ housebuilding targets which could see green belt land developed.