The Government has released statistics detailing how many people who need support from benefits are being sanctioned – having their financial support cut or stopped entirely because they’re not able to do the things that are being asked of them, such as attend appointments with a work coach or Jobcentre Plus advisor.

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) welcomes the papers approach to solving existing social housing problems but warns that proposed changes do not go far enough. 

An education charity has distanced itself from Boris Johnson after he said women who wear burqas looked like “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”.   

The Government has published the long-awaited Green Paper on social housing, setting out what the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government intends to do to improve social housing for tenants. Social housing is accommodation provided to those who need it by local authorities and charities if they’re affected by issues such as low income or disability.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to apologise for his attendance at a controversial memorial service honouring suspected Palestinian terrorists.

Dr Hugh Milroy, Chief Executive of Veterans Aid responds to the Government's announcement on social housing. 

Social housing tenants will be given the right to buy as little as 1% of their council homes each year in a bid to boost home ownership, ministers have announced.

Commenting on the government's announcement of a strategy to tackle homelessness, George McNamara, Director of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age, the older people’s charity, released the following statement.

Prevention of rough sleeping is better than cure, but consensus on how this should best be achieved, and a willingness on the part of all parties to embrace change and eschew traditional (and territorial!) approaches, is vital, says Dr Hugh Milroy, Chief Executive, Veterans Aid.

There is no new money in the Government's £100m pledge to end rough sleeping by 2027, the Housing Secretary has admitted.

Theresa May has vowed to wipe rough sleeping from England's streets by 2027 - as Labour warned that her new plan to tackle the problem would "barely register".

Boris Johnson has urged Theresa May to tackle Britain's housing crisis - as he side-stepped the row over his controversial remarks about the burqa.

A new £100m plan will seek to eradicate rough sleeping in England by 2027, ministers have announced.

Former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has taken out a full page advert in the Jewish Telegraph to accuse Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership team of being “intellectually arrogant, emotionally inept and politically maladroit”.

Boris Johnson’s recent remarks about women who wear burqas were “dehumanising” and “divisive,” according to the equalities watchdog. 

Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of comparing the occupation of the West Bank to the suffering of those persecuted under Nazi rule in a speech before he became Labour leader.

The Government has announced that supported housing will continue to be funded by the welfare system, and it is no longer considering moving funding to council grants.

The Government has said it is dropping plans to overhaul the way women's refuges and hostels are funded after critics warned it risked put women fleeing abuse at risk.

Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure from Momentum chief Jon Lansman to take a tougher line on anti-Semitism and unite his warring party, it has been reported.

The Government is set to launch a new scheme that would see local people given more power to make decisions about their communities – including over planning issues and spending .

Influential Conservative MP Dominic Grieve has said he will leave the party if Boris Johnson becomes leader.

Tory chair Brandon Lewis has revealed he is "absolutely committed" to ensuring women make up half of the party’s candidates at future elections.

Boris Johnson should be booted out of the Conservative party for saying Muslim women who wear burqas look like bank robbers and letterboxes, according to a Tory peer.

Labour has been accused of undermining the global fight against anti-Semitism by the body which drew up the international definition of the issue.