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Housing Developers At Risk Of Market Ban After Not Signing Building Safety Contract
Housing Developers At Risk Of Market Ban After Not Signing Building Safety Contract
Communities
Eleven housing developers face a ban from constructing new buildings in England, having failed so far to sign the contract committing them to remediating safety issues.
Half Of UK Charities Fear Financial Collapse, Polling Shows
Communities
Half Of UK Charities Fear Financial Collapse, Polling Shows
Major Housing Developers Missing Crucial Government Safety Contract To Avoid Ban
Communities
Major Housing Developers Missing Crucial Government Safety Contract To Avoid Ban
Ukrainian Refugees Have Struggled With Work And Housing Since Arriving In the UK
Communities
Ukrainian Refugees Have Struggled With Work And Housing Since Arriving In the UK
Lords Propose More Than 500 Changes To Government's Levelling Up Bill
Communities
Lords Propose More Than 500 Changes To Government's Levelling Up Bill
Inflation Knocks £170m Off Value Of Local Investment Cash, New Data Suggests
Communities
Inflation Knocks £170m Off Value Of Local Investment Cash, New Data Suggests
What You Need To Know About Michael Gove's Post-Grenfell Cladding Crackdown
Communities
What You Need To Know About Michael Gove's Post-Grenfell Cladding Crackdown
The House Live
How Liam Fox passed the world's first legislation for Down syndrome
Communities
By Sophie Church
How Liam Fox passed the world's first legislation for Down syndrome
Interview
One year on, has Essex begun to be levelled up? Partner content
Communities
By Essex County Council
One year on, has Essex begun to be levelled up?
Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
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Renewed Hope For Northern Ireland Government Return After May Elections
Renewed Hope For Northern Ireland Government Return After May Elections
Brexit
The Met Police must embrace reform to survive
The Met Police must embrace reform to survive
By Jamie Klingler
Home affairs
Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
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Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
Greg Jackson has been working 14 days straight but he is not complaining. “This is what no one tells you about trying to launch an international company,” he jokes, “but I don’t mind by the way, I love my job.”
How Britain's Built Environment Became Degraded
Communities
By JS Curl
How Britain's Built Environment Became Degraded
In a stinging polemic, architectural historian and author of Making Dystopia Professor James Stevens Curl gives The House his view on exactly how Britain’s built environment lost its way
The Kwajo Tweneboa interview: 'We’re meant to be in 2023. This is like Victorian slum housing”
Communities
By Tali Fraser
The Kwajo Tweneboa interview: "We’re meant to be in 2023. This is like Victorian slum housing”
Kwajo Tweneboa was forced to become an activist after watching his father die in a flat that was not fit to live in. He tells Tali Fraser about the pressure he’s under as he fights for a good home for all – and why he feels let down by Labour.
Communities news
Ukrainian refugees need long-term support as Homes for Ukraine placements end
Communities
By James Jamieson
Ukrainian refugees need long-term support as Homes for Ukraine placements end
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, a scheme which has highlighted the generosity of the British people and the hard work of councils to help more than 160,000 Ukrainians settle in the United Kingdom.
Why we need a global HIV is Not A Crime Awareness Day
Health
By Florence Eshalomi, Alison Symington and Edwin J Bernard
Why we need a global HIV is Not A Crime Awareness Day
The second HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day is on 28 February 2023. It was launched by the Sero Project who are part of the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition — in collaboration with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, community activists and public policy organisations across the United States. The day is a call to give life to the various statements and policy recommendations recognising the negative impacts of HIV criminalisation on health and rights.
Planning reform must give local communities greater control over what is built in their neighbourhood
Communities
By Theresa Villiers MP
Planning reform must give local communities greater control over what is built in their neighbourhood
Few subjects cause as much friction between front and back benches as planning and housing targets.
A Minimum Tariff for Adult Social Care Will Reduce NHS Costs Partner content
Health
By Advinia Health Care
A Minimum Tariff for Adult Social Care Will Reduce NHS Costs
The adult social care sector in England is seeing fee increases of 9-10% for the next financial year, based on the current RPI and a "fair cost of care exercise." However, these increases are still below market costs by as much as 40%, which puts pressure on providers to fill beds with self-funded residents to compensate for the low prices paid by commissioners. A minimum national tariff for adult social care is urgently needed to avoid further bed blocking in the NHS and to reduce insolvencies, but without it, adult social care in the UK will be unviable.
Innovation and communities are the key to ending infectious diseases
Health
By Lord Collins
Innovation and communities are the key to ending infectious diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic put global health systems under incredible strain. The result? The response to HIV, as well as other infectious diseases, is further off-track. Yet there remains reason for optimism.
Only planning reform can solve the housing crisis
Communities
By Anthony Breach
Only planning reform can solve the housing crisis
The only way to solve the housing crisis is by building more homes – but the number we need is daunting. Centre for Cities’ new report shows that, compared to the average European country, 4.3 million homes are missing from the United Kingdom.
Can we build beautifully and affordably?
Communities
By Sophie Church
Can we build beautifully and affordably?
In 2019, a petition on the parliamentary site entitled “Stop councils being forced to build twice the number of houses we need” emerged online. The summary of the petition ran: “We need new houses, but we want affordable new developments to fit into local infrastructure, to help build a sense of community and pride. The countryside is being swamped by huge housing developments. Small rural villages turned into suburbs, through ugly big out-of-town satellite developments.”
Women in Westminster: The 100 2023 list is revealed
Communities
By Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Women in Westminster: The 100 2023 list is revealed
It is a tremendous privilege to be back this year for The House magazine's fourth instalment of Women in Westminster: The 100; celebrating the outstanding achievements of women around Westminster, who have demonstrated over the past year that they are not only influential in their own field but have the talent and platform to inspire the next generation to make a difference.
We would do well to learn from Macmillan’s housebuilding success
Communities
By Lord Young of Cookham
We would do well to learn from Macmillan’s housebuilding success
As housing minister in the early 1950s Harold Macmillan hit his house building target, helping to pave the way for the Tory Party's 1955 election victory
The abusive world of the shadow rental market
Communities
By Andrew Kersley
The abusive world of the shadow rental market
Andrew Kersley reports on the growing number of victims of the shadow renting sector – the informal, unregulated area of the United Kingdom housing market, where landlords can be financially and physically abusive to tenants who have no other options
The UK’s housing crisis is political
Communities
By Ben Ansell
The UK’s housing crisis is political
For most of the past few decades, homeowners and renters have been on either side of the political spectrum – but change is afoot
After a career of nearly 50 years, Vera Baird is still fighting for change
Communities
By Sophie Church
After a career of nearly 50 years, Vera Baird is still fighting for change
The common theme weaving through Vera Baird’s long and varied career is her tendency to advocate for the rights of others. While her job title has changed – from criminal barrister to Queen’s Counsel, from Redcar’s MP to solicitor general, and from police and crime commissioner to victims’ commissioner – Baird’s drive for social justice appears unwavering.
We will bring a fresh approach to deal with the housing shortage
Communities
By Rachel Maclean MP
We will bring a fresh approach to deal with the housing shortage
Paddington Bear and marmalade sandwiches. Globetrotting musical talent – from the Beatles in the 60s, Oasis and Blur in the 90s to Adele and Ed Sheeran today. The unmatched pomp and pageantry of our Royal Family. Brilliant businesses supporting United Kingdom jobs and growth, from Waitrose and Virgin to Deliveroo and Majestic Wine.
Reporting on Homes for Ukraine has been uplifting and heart-breaking – and the story is far from over
Communities
By John Johnston
Reporting on Homes for Ukraine has been uplifting and heart-breaking – and the story is far from over
Reporting on the most unique refugee system implemented in the United Kingdom since the kindertransport has been fascinating, uplifting and heart-breaking in equal measures.
Can Britain’s Farmers Save the Planet? How Science and Technology is Transforming UK Agriculture Partner content
Environment
By UPL
Can Britain’s Farmers Save the Planet? How Science and Technology is Transforming UK Agriculture
The UK’s agricultural sector is essential for the nation’s food security, but traditional ways of working contribute to carbon emissions and impact on biodiversity. A recent parliamentary reception, hosted by UPL, heard how the nation’s farmers are embracing new technologies that can transform British farming into one of the most progressive, resilient, and sustainable examples in the world today.
Representation of minority communities in art, music, film and TV is as important now as ever
Communities
By Baroness Barker
Representation of minority communities in art, music, film and TV is as important now as ever
Standing in the fabulous LGBT+ museum Queer Britain, surrounded by an array of artifacts which portray key moments in our history, it struck me that the first people of any group, particularly minorities, to make history are exceptional.
Fighting to hold back the cost of living crisis in Scotland
Communities
By Chaminda Jayanetti
Fighting to hold back the cost of living crisis in Scotland
Last October the Scottish government passed its Cost of Living Act, which implemented a rent freeze and ban on most evictions to support tenants through the winter. The measures went well beyond anything brought in by the Westminster government. But both campaigners and the data itself suggest the Act has only had limited effect.
How apprentices are shaping the future of betting and gaming Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
How apprentices are shaping the future of betting and gaming
The work of our members highlights what can be achieved with a commitment to apprenticeships and we intend to go even further with 5,000 new opportunities created over the next couple of years.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
STANDARDS BODY THE BGC WELCOMES NEW SECRETARY OF STATE, AND URGES WHITE PAPER PUBLICATION “WITHOUT DELAY”
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has congratulated Lucy Frazer MP on becoming the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and urged her to publish the Gambling White Paper without delay.
Top Stories: Government Unveils Family Hub Plans, Pressure Piles On Sunak To Provide Ukraine With Planes
Education
Top Stories: Government Unveils Family Hub Plans, Pressure Piles On Sunak To Provide Ukraine With Planes
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled £300m in funding for the rollout of family hubs across England, which will help give support and guidance to families with children.
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change Partner content
Health
By UK Sport
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change
Being a top-class athlete is about achieving dreams and ambitions in the sporting arena. But for many of the UK’s top athletes in 2023 it is also about driving and effecting lasting positive change in society.

Both athletes and MPs know that elite athletes are vital role models for our communities. And on issues such as period poverty, water quality, disability inclusion, and mental wellbeing, UK Sport’s Powered by Purpose programme provides British athletes with the opportunities and skills they need to power positive change in our communities.
Partner content
Communities
By Mobile UK
UK Mobile Operators Extend Support To Help With Relief Efforts In Turkey And Syria
UK mobile operators EE, Three, Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have announced new measures to assist those affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
The Derbyshire Dales need support to meet the needs of Ukrainian refugees and local people
Communities
By Rob Cogings
The Derbyshire Dales need support to meet the needs of Ukrainian refugees and local people
Residents of the Derbyshire Dales have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees.
What does an MP look like in 2023? With more female MPs than ever, the answer is not a simple one
Communities
By Caroline Nokes MP
What does an MP look like in 2023? With more female MPs than ever, the answer is not a simple one
In the midst of the pandemic I did a zoom meeting with my Labour colleague Chi Onwurah, and something she said has stuck in my mind ever since. I don’t remember the purpose of the zoom, but I do remember Chi saying that she had been told she, “didn’t look like an MP”. It is something many of us have been told, including me, and it begs the question, “what does an MP look like?”
EventsAll
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
2023
Edinburgh
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
Net Zero Week 2023
2023
Online
Net Zero Week 2023
Women into Leadership Online
2023
Online
Women into Leadership Online
Green Infrastructure Week 2023
2023
Online
Green Infrastructure Week 2023