Menu
Fri, 27 January 2023

Newsletter sign-up

Subscribe now
Search

Follow us:

Featured
The Winners And Losers From The Latest Round Of Levelling Up Funding
The Winners And Losers From The Latest Round Of Levelling Up Funding
Communities
The government has announced their second round of funding from the £4.8bn levelling up scheme aimed at reducing inequality across the UK but have faced criticism over regional disparity.
Government Still Hasn't Finalised Appointments For Top Levelling Up Jobs
Communities
Government Still Hasn't Finalised Appointments For Top Levelling Up Jobs
Why The UK Government Has Blocked The Gender Recognition Reform Bill
Communities
Why The UK Government Has Blocked The Gender Recognition Reform Bill
All The Promises In Rishi Sunak's Big Vision Speech, And Which Have Been Made Before
Health
All The Promises In Rishi Sunak's Big Vision Speech, And Which Have Been Made Before
Red Wall Tory MPs Insist Green Jobs Are Vital To Levelling Up Success
Communities
Red Wall Tory MPs Insist Green Jobs Are Vital To Levelling Up Success
MPs Left Wondering About Rishi Sunak's Agenda After Double Climbdown
Communities
MPs Left Wondering About Rishi Sunak's Agenda After Double Climbdown
People Want More Ukrainian Refugees To Come To The UK, New Poll Finds
Communities
People Want More Ukrainian Refugees To Come To The UK, New Poll Finds
The House Live
East Ham – The Constituency With The Worst Housing Crisis
Communities
By Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham
East Ham – The Constituency With The Worst Housing Crisis
Red Wall seats need help to help themselves through the levelling up agenda
Communities
By Ian Levy MP
Red Wall seats need help to help themselves through the levelling up agenda
'Heartbreak' And 'Tears': Fuel Poverty in Birmingham Hodge Hill
Communities
By Caitlin Doherty
'Heartbreak' And 'Tears': Fuel Poverty in Birmingham Hodge Hill
Most read
Benefits Wrongly Paid To Thousands Of EU Citizens Due To Home Office Error
Benefits Wrongly Paid To Thousands Of EU Citizens Due To Home Office Error
Brexit
Rishi Sunak Holds Cabinet Away Day, Matt Hancock Assault Suspect Charged, Pressure To Get Child Refugees Out Of Hotels
Rishi Sunak Holds Cabinet Away Day, Matt Hancock Assault Suspect Charged, Pressure To Get Child Refugees Out Of Hotels
Home affairs
The decision to reject menopause leave is another crushing blow for women
The decision to reject menopause leave is another crushing blow for women
By Carolyn Harris MP
Health
Editor's choiceAll
Cladding chaos: Why some tenants are suffering from the drive to remove cladding
Health
By Andrew Kersley
Cladding chaos: Why some tenants are suffering from the drive to remove cladding
In the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, flammable cladding was removed from flats around the country. As Andrew Kersley discovers, some has yet to be replaced – and as the cost of living crisis escalates, tenants are suffering as a result
The Winners And Losers From The Latest Round Of Levelling Up Funding
Communities
The Winners And Losers From The Latest Round Of Levelling Up Funding
The government has announced their second round of funding from the £4.8bn levelling up scheme aimed at reducing inequality across the UK but have faced criticism over regional disparity.
Islands of isolation: The challenges of island living for dementia patients
Health
By Hamish Auskerry
Islands of isolation: The challenges of island living for dementia patients
Island living presents unique challenges for people living with dementia and their carers, as Hamish Auskerry and his family have discovered.
Communities news
Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
A focus on brownfield sites will minimise pressure on greenbelt land
The Federation of Master Builders responds to new figures showing a rise in the number of approved homes for construction ongreenbelt land in England.
Metro Mayors will marginalise communities and increase the democratic deficit
Communities
By John Pugh
Metro Mayors will marginalise communities and increase the democratic deficit
Lib Dem MP for Southport Dr John Pugh highlights his concerns about City regions and metro mayors ahead of his Westminster Hall debate later today.
Baroness Gardner: Public needs to know what Right to Buy means for now and the future
Communities
By Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Baroness Gardner: Public needs to know what Right to Buy means for now and the future
Conservative peer Baroness Gardner considers how the Government’s proposed extension of Right to Buy will impact on councils and housing associations.
Partner content
Communities
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Enhancing local authority powers can rebalance housebuilding sector, say countryside campaigners
CPRE paper finds nine largest housing developers have 314,000 housing plots in strategic land banks.
Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB launches Ageing Population Survey
Today, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched its: Ageing Population Survey.
Partner content
Communities
By Glass and Glazing Federation
Key trade bodies create 'Glazing Supply Chain Group' to empower the industry
Several key trade bodies in the Glass and Glazing industry have joined forces to form the Glazing Supply Chain Group.
Partner content
Communities
By Community Development Foundation
Trust in democracy - new report
How community groups bridge the gap between people and politics, a new report by the Community Development Foundation.
Partner content
Health
By Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
CIEH responds to the Queen's Speech
Responding to announcements in the Queens speech, the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Graham Jukes OBE, said:
Queen’s Speech: the building industry reacts Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
Queen’s Speech: the building industry reacts
Following yesterday's Queen’s Speech, building industry experts analyse what impact the Government’s legislative agenda will have on the sector. 
The government’s plan of action for housing and planning policy Partner content
Communities
By National Federation of Builders
The government’s plan of action for housing and planning policy
The Queen set out the governments programme for the coming year on several issues, including housing and planning policy.
Ideal Queen's Speech: Time for a 5 yearly safety check on electrical appliances in the private rented sector Partner content
Communities
By Electrical Safety First
Ideal Queen's Speech: Time for a 5 yearly safety check on electrical appliances in the private rented sector
Why should such a Bill be introduced in the Queen’s Speech? Electrical Safety First believes the figures speak for themselves.
Ideal Queen’s Speech: the Federation of Master Builders sets out its agenda Partner content
Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
Ideal Queen’s Speech: the Federation of Master Builders sets out its agenda
The Federation of Master Builders assesses how next week’s Queen’s Speech will affect the construction industry.
Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
BSA elects a new Deputy Chairman
Dick Jenkins, Chief Executive of Bath Building Society, has been elected Deputy Chairman of the Building Societies Association.
Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
Independent review of building society governance published
Management and governance at building societies must be every bit as rigorous as that at shareholder-owned banks.
Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
Housing crisis needs long-term Government strategy and multi-agency action
Opening the BSA Conference in Harrogate today (20 May), Chief Executive, Robin Fieth called on the new Government to deliver a long term strategy to counter the housing crisis.
Partner content
Communities
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald appointed on G-Cloud framework, UK
Mott MacDonald has been appointed on Lots 3 and 4 of the G-Cloud 6 framework.
Partner content
Communities
By National Federation of Builders
The National Federation of Builders’ child safety campaign kicks off
Stay Safe, Stay Away is a multi-award winning and increasingly popular campaign that the National Federation of Builders (NFB) promotes annually.
Partner content
Communities
By National Federation of Builders
The Cities Devolution Bill: what does it mean for existing local structures?
George Osborne has announced that the government will include a Cities Devolution Bill in the Queens Speech on 27 May.
Partner content
Communities
By Community Development Foundation
Devolution of powers - step in the right direction, but access to finance is critical
The need to re-balance the UK economy away from the hot house of London is a much talked about policy goal.
Election aftermath: what a Tory majority government means for housing Partner content
Communities
By Moat
Election aftermath: what a Tory majority government means for housing
In the aftermath of the general election leading industry experts have been analysing the future prospects for UK housing under a Conservative majority government.
Partner content
Communities
By Independent Age
Independent Age welcomes the appointment of Greg Clark as Communities and Local Government Secretary
In response to the appointment of Greg Clark as Communities and Local Government Secretary, Simon Bottery, Director of Policy and External Relations at Independent Age, said:
Under construction: the building industry sets out its priorities for the next government Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
Under construction: the building industry sets out its priorities for the next government
Following one of the most unpredictable and surprising general elections in recent years, building industry representatives give their reaction and set out their priorities for the next government. 
Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB comments on General Election
Following one of the most unpredictable general elections in recent years, in which the Conservative Party is projected to form a majority government the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) stresses the importance of the construction industry to the UK economy, infrastructure and employment.
Partner content
Communities
By KPMG LLP
KPMG: Affordable housing further out of reach
Research from KPMG shows that the divergence between house prices and wages has grown so wide, that a first time buyer in London would need an annual wage of 76,971 to get onto the property ladder, with the actual average annual wage in the capital at just 27,999.
EventsAll
Women into Leadership Cardiff
2023
Cardiff
Women into Leadership Cardiff
Women into Leadership Belfast
2023
Belfast
Women into Leadership Belfast
PublicTechnology Live 2023
2023
London
PublicTechnology Live 2023
Women in Public Finance
2023
London
Women in Public Finance