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.

Dods Monitoring consultant Kerri Blyberg gives an overview of Communities and Housing policy ahead of party conference season.

Labour cannot say whether it would give public sector workers a real terms pay rise until it has “seen the books,” according to a shadow minister.

Housing Minister Alok Sharma calls for government and industry to work together to deliver sustainable solutions to the "broken housing market". 

On 14 September, Sajid Javid announced details for a new methodology to calculate housing need in local communities – a policy first mooted in the Government’s Housing White Paper.

In response to today's publication of the Government consultation on measures "to boost housing supply in England", Matt Thomson, head of planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), said: