The Chief Executives of the Campaign to Protect Rural England & Hastoe Housing Association writes that the draft text of the revised NPPF continues to turn its back on the principles of community-led planning, and fails to take the specific needs of rural communities into account.

Former shadow cabinet minister Heidi Alexander has announced she will stand down as an MP to take up the role of London's deputy mayor for transport.

Commenting on the findings of the Mortgage Market Study, published today by FCA, Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the BSA said:

The government has broken a promise to cut soaring numbers of children being “farmed out” to children’s homes vast distances from where they live, says Ann Coffey MP.

The Government should hand £10,000 to all 25-year-olds to help them onto the housing ladder and reduce unfairness between the generations, powerful public figures have said.

The SNP's Mhairi Black has said Jeremy Corbyn told her he backs Scotland becoming an independent country in a private conversation.

Ministers are looking into giving grandparents an effective legal right to see their grandchildren following a divorce between parents.

A fresh Labour anti-Semitism row has erupted after a senior frontbencher accused the party’s former general secretary of failing to tackle the problem.

The Conservative austerity programme has “almost certainly” increased the death rate in Britain, Jeremy Corbyn has declared.

Commons Speaker John Bercow's behaviour is "unworthy of someone in such public office", according to a former senior Westminster official.

Labour MPs have leapt to the defence of Sajid Javid, after the new Conservative Home Secretary was targeted for "unacceptable" online abuse by "vile" Twitter trolls.

Commenting on the announcement that James Brokenshire MP has been appointed the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: 

Following Sajid Javid’s appointment as home secretary, Theresa May has nominated James Brokenshire MP as the new secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. 

Ahead of her Lord's question on the impact of the benefit cap on child and family wellbeing, Baroness Lister writes about the topic for PoliticsHome. 

A top Labour MP has said he regrets not voting against the controversial immigration laws which ushered in the Windrush scandal.

Ministers' controversial Voter ID plans have been branded as "deeply flawed" by the Electoral Reform Society, only days before their trial at the local elections.

Dods People has created a map to highlight the 150 local authorities which have elections on Thursday 3rd May and details on what's up for grabs.

Ahead of crucial local government elections on 3rd May Labour’s Co-National Campaign Coordinator writes about his party's chances and says "We’ll be out campaigning tirelessly between now and polling day to get the best possible result for Labour".

Labour activist Marc Wadsworth has been expelled from the party following a clash with MP Ruth Smeeth - as fellow MP Chris Williamson insisted he stood "four square" behind the campaigner.

In a letter to the Prime Minister today, leading fire safety experts and advocates have urged the government to implement immediately three important regulatory changes that will significantly improve fire safety for high-rise and high-risk buildings, such as schools, hospitals and care homes.

A senior aide to Dominic Raab has been suspended following claims she sold sex online and boasted of her access to the Housing Minister.



 

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has announced she is 13 weeks pregnant with her first child.

A new “early warning system” to protect Parliamentary staff against bullying and harassment by MPs is set to be established.

Labour MP Neil Coyle writes following the parliamentary launch of a report by the Trussell Trust ‘Left behind: Is Universal Credit really Universal’.