Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced a review to make it easier for people to build their own home.

A quarter of nurseries and childminders in deprived areas of England say they will not get by beyond Christmas without additional income.

More than 2.5 million working age people across England claimed a discount on their council tax between April and June this year.

Robert Jenrick has defended the government’s housing plans, saying that the government won’t cut its target to build 300,000 homes a year.

The coronavirus pandemic has now reached a ‘critical’ stage in England, with a dramatic increase in infections recorded across all areas of the country.

Oxford City Council has appointed its first scientific advisor who will support the council as it continues to tackle the climate emergency.

City of York Council has submitted planning applications for its first generation of zero-carbon, exceptional yet affordable homes.
The plans, designed by Stirling Prize-winning architect Mikhail Riches, are for Burnholme and Duncombe Barracks: two of eight sites on the council’s Housing Delivery Programme which is its largest housing programme for a generation, and will create 600 ambitious and aspirational homes over five years.

Robert Jenrick has confirmed that a rapid non-statutory review will be conducted into the London Borough of Croydon.

More than £150 million is to be made available across England to provide a permanent place to live for some of the most vulnerable in society.

Homelessness in rural areas has more than doubled in the last two years, with warnings that planning reforms are likely to make the situation much worse.