Government plans have caused housing associations, who provide vital supported, sheltered and extra care housing, to slash plans to build new homes.
The National Housing Federation survey of 69 housing associations says that plans for new builds have dropped from 8,800 to 1,350, with respondents claiming that this is because of the uncertainty about the government’s proposed funding model and the withdrawal of funding for support services.

New figures have revealed that political parties in the UK received a record £40.1million in donations in the run up to June’s General Election.
From 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017, £9.4 million more in reported donations was recorded than the previous highest quarter on record. Over £30 million more in donations were reported than in the first quarter of 2017.

New DCLG figures reveal that the number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level since 2008.

Hull City Council has awarded a seven-year contract to Geminor to divert more than 80 per cent of the region’s municipal waste from landfill.
The secondary fuels specialist, working in partnership with local waste management company, Wastewise, will manage the handling of 46,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste material every year, collected from more than 100,000 homes across the city.

A £35 million waste contract serving households across Stafford Borough is to be awarded to Veolia.
Stafford Borough Council announced that the household waste and recycling 10 year contract, the largest ever awarded by the council, will begin in February next year, once the existing contract with Biffa expires.
The council has assured residents that the service will remain the same, operating general waste and recycling collections on alternate weeks.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has appointed former Camden Council cabinet member Theo Blackwell as London’s first ever chief digital officer.
Blackwell, Camden’s cabinet member for finance, technology and growth, will be responsible for making the best of new technology in London, driving digital transformation of public services and better data-sharing. He will also take control of Khan’s pan-London collaboration plans for connectivity, digital inclusion, cyber security and open data.

Essex County Council has created over 2,500 new school places ahead of the new academic year following £74 million of expansion projects.
The secondary school expansion projects include 300 additional places at The Philip Morant School in Colchester, 270 extra places at The Stanway School and 145 new places at Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport.

Liverpool City Council is set to sign a £21 million deal with Shaw healthcare to build three new residential care homes for people with dementia.

Homes in Nottingham been selected as part of a UK first pilot to radically improve older houses using energy saving and energy generation measures.
Nottingham City Homes (NCH) has become the first in the UK to adopt the Dutch-pioneered “Energiesprong” - which upgrades a home with new outside walls and windows, a solar roof, and a state of the art heating system, all in a few days.