The latest Help to Buy statistics have shown that over 220,000 people have been able to buy a home using the government scheme.
The Help to Buy schemes - ISA, Shared Ownership, Mortgage Guarantee, Equity Loan and London Help to Buy - have been a central government policy in its push to deliver on its commitment to help people into home ownership.
The latest statistics show that over 220,000 completions have taken place under the schemes, with over 180,000 first time buyer households are now on the housing ladder.

More must be done to the address the imbalance in arts funding between London and the rest of the country, a report suggests.

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that the lack of social care funding leaving elderly people isolated is a ‘crisis made in Downing Street’.

A new survey has revealed that 60 per cent of HR directors would like a new style of leadership to help them deliver a better quality of service.

Powers over licensing are to return to Rotherham council, but government-appointed commissioners will continue to oversee these decisions.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announced that a ‘phased approach’ would ensure that new responsibilities could be returned in a way that secures the safety of the area’s most vulnerable residents.

According to the Office for National Statistics, UK unemployment fell by 16,000 to 1.62 million in the three months to October.

The Local Government Ombudsman has issued new guidance to help combined authorities deal with the complaints they receive.

Barnet and Harrow Councils have agreed to extend their shared legal service to deliver legal services to both councils for a further five years.

A new report has said that the rollout of the UK's future 5G mobile network must be handled better than 4G.

Nearly 90 per cent of local authorities believe that current housing targets will be impossible to meet because of a lack of planning resources.