The expansion of the Government's flagship Universal Credit welfare reform has been put at risk after a dozen Tory MPs called for it to be put on hold.

Nationwide’s Paul Wootton says the ‘vital’ private rented sector must meet the needs of tenants and landlords alike. 

A Labour MP has said the housing market must be “seriously disrupted” to ensure thousands more homes are built in England each year.

The Conservatives should use their £1.5bn deal with the DUP to secure a "timetable” to improve equality in Northern Ireland, a senior minister has said.

A major housing charity today warned Jeremy Corbyn that his plan to slap rent controls on landlords could "end up harming" those he intends to help.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams calls for a total transformation of the social security system to better serve the needs of disabled people in the UK.

Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for snubbing a Labour Friends of Israel conference reception for the first time since he became party leader.

Making offensive comments about Jewish people does not make someone "inherently anti-Semitic", Ken Livingstone has claimed.

Speaking at a Labour party conference fringe event, senior figures from the construction industry encouraged the creation of single industry voice to help deal with challenges from Brexit. 

Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey spoke at the Housing Fringe on the state of social housing in the UK today.

A 44-year-old female driver from London has today issued sex discrimination proceedings at the Employment Tribunal against Uber claiming  that the practices of the San Francisco-based company unfairly disadvantage women.

Recently resigned Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has attacked Jeremy Corbyn over his "lazy and lacklustre" campaign to keep Britain in the EU.

Diane Abbott has urged Labour supporters not to engage in online abuse of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

It is “a disgrace” that BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg needs a bodyguard to work at Labour conference, a prominent MP who used to work for the broadcaster said today.

SSE has become the first FTSE 100 company to publish its gender pay gap in line with the government's new Gender Pay Gap Reporting requirements, well in advance of the 4 April 018 deadline.

MIMA welcomes the review of Buildings Regulations but would like to see this review go much further 

A former top aide to Jeremy Corbyn has launched a bid to become an MP, PoliticsHome can reveal.

MIMA is calling for a more prescriptive approach to product specification with a requirement that only non-combustible products (Euroclass A1) or products of limited combustibility (Euroclass A2) shall be used on the facades of high rise or high occupancy buildings.

The Government could toughen up the law in a bid to tackle dangerous cycling, it has emerged.

A new paper published today by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) argues that the Government’s continuing failure to prioritise genuine local housing needs over market demand will perpetuate the housing crisis while wasting precious countryside.

Lib Dem Leader Vince Cable is right to call on the Government to allow local councils to borrow to build, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the Party Leader’s speech at the Liberal Democrats’ Party Conference.

The social housing sector is facing a funding "crisis", as private landlords pocket billions in housing benefit cash, according to a damning new report.

Militant campaigners who abuse MPs could be banned from voting, the electoral watchdog said today.

Some 87% of MPs faced some sort of abuse during the general election campaign, a new survey has suggested.