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Michael Gove Confirms 'Laughing Gas' Will Be Banned As Part Of Government Antisocial Behaviour Plans
Michael Gove Confirms 'Laughing Gas' Will Be Banned As Part Of Government Antisocial Behaviour Plans
Communities
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that laughing gas canisters will be banned as part of a government clampdown on antisocial behaviour.
Housing Developers At Risk Of Market Ban After Not Signing Building Safety Contract
Communities
Housing Developers At Risk Of Market Ban After Not Signing Building Safety Contract
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
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
Most read
Top Stories: Corbyn To Be Blocked As Labour Candidate At Next Election, NHS Faces Severe Staff Shortages
Top Stories: Corbyn To Be Blocked As Labour Candidate At Next Election, NHS Faces Severe Staff Shortages
Political parties
Tribute to Baroness Masham
Tribute to Baroness Masham
By Baroness Grey-Thompson
Obituaries
Enduring truths about the human condition: Bishop of Chelmsford reviews 'The Red Suitcase'
Enduring truths about the human condition: Bishop of Chelmsford reviews 'The Red Suitcase'
By Bishop of Chelmsford, Guli Francis-Dehqani
Books & culture
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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
Building confidence: Industry experts and policymakers discuss the future of UK construction Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
Building confidence: Industry experts and policymakers discuss the future of UK construction
Skills Minister Nick Boles and Shadow Business Minister Angela Eagle expressed their aspirations for the UK construction industry at CIOB event held in Parliament this week.
Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
Annual funding programme backs new construction research with £50,000
In its first year the Bowen Jenkins Legacy Research Fund run by the Chartered Institute of Building will support construction research projects with up to 10,000 each.
It is time to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales Partner content
Communities
By British Humanist Association
It is time to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales
The President of the British Humanist Association writes on why the legalisation of humanist marriages is long overdue.
Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
Have-a-go home owners spend extra £42m to fix DIY disasters
UK home owners are spending an additional 42 million* a year to salvage work around the home that theyve tried to do themselves or abandoned mid-way through.
Partner content
Communities
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
‘Concerning’ Government consultation on NPPF fails to address existing problems
Yesterday the Government published a consultation proposing a raft of new changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). CPRE is very concerned by some of the most striking proposals.
John Healey: Even Tories think Cameron’s housing policy is ‘stupid economics’
Communities
By Elizabeth Bates
John Healey: Even Tories think Cameron’s housing policy is ‘stupid economics’
Shadow Housing Minister John Healey describes widespread acknowledgment in Parliament that the Government’s housing strategy is “stupid economics” but “clever politics” and urges the Labour Party to unite and hold Cameron to account.  
Partner content
Environment
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Government's response to litter inquiry long-awaited - but is it adequate?
Over the weekend the Government published its long-awaited responseto the Department for Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into litter(March 2015). The Government then sought to outline a response to the concerning findings by announcing its determination to launch a national campaign against littering.
Partner content
Communities
By Association of British Insurers
Storm Desmond – reassurance to insurance customers
The ABI is reassuring homeowners and businesses hit by Storm Desmond that insurers are doing everything possible to help them recover.
Partner content
Communities
By Turn2us
Britons will spend an average of £24 on ‘Secret Santa’ gifts this year - but will give more to charity
A poll by ComRes, conducted on behalf of UK poverty charity Turn2us, has shown that as a nation we will spend on average 23.62 on Secret Santa gifts this Christmas.
Building affordable housing to support aspiration
Communities
By Brandon Lewis MP
Building affordable housing to support aspiration
With the Government’s new Help to Buy ISAs becoming available today, the Housing Minister sets out the measures being taken to supply enough new UK housing to match homeownership aspirations.
Partner content
Communities
By London First
Osborne housebuilding measures ‘simply don’t go far enough’
Responding to the Autumn Statement,Will Higham, Director of Campaigns at London First, said:
Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
Autumn Statement 2015: London Help-to-Buy is the 'right approach'
The Building Societies Association (BSA) responds to 2015 Autumn Statement
Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
400K homes at risk from skills shortage, warns FMB
The construction skills shortage could scupper the Chancellors vision for 400,000 new affordable homes, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to todays announcements in the Spending Review.
'The nasty party can keep its nasty hands off the Big Lottery Fund'
Communities
By Naz Shah MP
'The nasty party can keep its nasty hands off the Big Lottery Fund'
Bradford West MP Naz Shah writes on her debate today: 'Funding for the community and voluntary sector' ahead of tomorrow's crucial Spending Review.
Investors urged to seek advice on impact of Finance Act 2015 Partner content
Communities
By Octopus Investments
Investors urged to seek advice on impact of Finance Act 2015
As the Finance Act 2015 receives royal assent, experts suggest that investors review their options for maximising their nest egg.
Spending Review 2015: Apprenticeship Levy ‘could be devastating’ for construction sector training, industry warns Partner content
Education
By Federation of Master Builders
Spending Review 2015: Apprenticeship Levy ‘could be devastating’ for construction sector training, industry warns
Without financial support for SME builders, the Government’s newly proposed Apprenticeship Levy could cause construction apprenticeships to “nosedive”, the Federation of Master Builders warns.
Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
We need 25k homes a year of all tenures, not just affordable, says FMB
Overcoming the Scottish housing crisis must be the number one priority for the next Scottish Government, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
Planning cuts will lead to fewer homes, warns FMB
Further cuts to local planning departments could leave them incapable of addressing the housing crisis, cautioned the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) ahead of the Spending Review.
Partner content
Communities
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
How flawed housing targets threaten our countryside
New research shows that local housing targets are driven by over-ambition rather than need.
Partner content
Communities
By GMB
GMB round up shows 11,766 job cuts in 17 local councils for 2016/17 budgets
A further 30% cut will mean amputations as councils and other public services are forced to decide which services they stop providing altogether says GMB
Partner content
Communities
By KPMG LLP
Expect more queues round the block without decisive action on affordable housing, says KPMG
JanCrosby, head of housing atKPMG, comments on the news from Halifax that the average house price has increased by 9.7% to205,000, and that on the same day, aspiring buyers in West London camped out overnight to put down deposits on studio flats due for completion in 2017:
Government is determined to address Britain’s housing crisis
Communities
By Greg Clark MP
Government is determined to address Britain’s housing crisis
Communities Secretary Greg Clark outlines plans to boost housebuilding ahead of the Housing and Planning Bill debate today 
Partner content
Communities
By EY
National Infrastructure Commission will help get UK investment back on track, but it all boils down to securing capital
Manish Gupta, EY Head of Infrastructure Corporate Finance, comments on todays launch of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC):
James Wharton MP: Growth driven by devolution is central to this Government's agenda
Communities
By James Wharton MP, Northern Powerhouse Minister
James Wharton MP: Growth driven by devolution is central to this Government's agenda
The Minister for Local Growth & the Northern Powerhouse James Wharton writes in support of the devolution deals taking power from Whitehall and returning it to communities.
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