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Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works
Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works
Communities
A Conservative former Cabinet minister has said he could try to change the government’s flagship leasehold bill in an effort to improve reporting for buildings that need safety work completing in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Everything You Need To Know About The 2024 Local Elections
Communities
Everything You Need To Know About The 2024 Local Elections
Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them 'Better MPs'
Health
Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them "Better MPs"
Quarter Of Tory Councillors Think Adult Social Care Is Underfunded In Their Area
Communities
Quarter Of Tory Councillors Think Adult Social Care Is Underfunded In Their Area
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Communities
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Londoners Are More Concerned About Cost Of Living And Housing Than Crime
Communities
Londoners Are More Concerned About Cost Of Living And Housing Than Crime
Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year
Health
Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year
The House Live
An international call to G7 leaders for financial commitments to fight neglected tropical diseases Partner content
Health
By Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases
An international call to G7 leaders for financial commitments to fight neglected tropical diseases
Harnessing North East Devolution Partner content
Communities
By Port of Tyne
Harnessing North East Devolution
Skilled labour shortage is stunting our green revolution
Environment
By Alexander Stafford MP
Skilled labour shortage is stunting our green revolution
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Keir Starmer Pledges 'First Steps' For Labour Government
Keir Starmer Pledges "First Steps" For Labour Government
Political parties
Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works
Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works
Communities
Fashion helped me find my feet when I joined the House of Lords
Fashion helped me find my feet when I joined the House of Lords
By Baroness Morrissey
Parliament
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Closing time: what next for London's pubs?
Communities
By Jimmy McIntosh
Closing time: what next for London's pubs?
Few sectors of industry have taken more of a beating in the last few years than that of the British pub. Jimmy McIntosh has been documenting those in London that have died, and asks what it means for the communities they serve
Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them 'Better MPs'
Health
Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them "Better MPs"
MPs have said running makes them better at their jobs, as a record 20 MPs and peers from different parties will be taking part in the London Marathon today.
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Communities
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Tory MP Ben Bradley, who is also the Conservative candidate for the East Midlands mayoralty, has said he is trying to separate his own campaign from the image of his party, as there is "clearly not a brilliant national picture".
Communities news
Tory MP Compares Planning System To “A Scene From The Thick Of It”
Communities
By Alain Tolhurst
Tory MP Compares Planning System To “A Scene From The Thick Of It”
Former Conservative housing minister Brandon Lewis has said the UK's planning system means that the process to get permission for new developments resembles a scene from satirical TV programme “The Thick of It”.
Selling the City: Michael Mainelli, the new Lord Mayor of London
Communities
By Sophie Church
Selling the City: Michael Mainelli, the new Lord Mayor of London
Michael Mainelli, the new Lord Mayor of London, tells Sophie Church the City needs to improve its ‘customer experience’ but is well-placed to be the ‘world’s coffee house’
Partner content
Communities
By Building Societies Association
Building society sector performs strongly in first nine months of 2023
Despite challenging economic conditions, building society mortgages and savings balances have increased between January and September 2023. In the same period, balances have fallen across the rest of the market.
Labour Will Attempt To Extend Rules Forcing Landlords To Deal With Mould To Private Sector
Communities
Labour Will Attempt To Extend Rules Forcing Landlords To Deal With Mould To Private Sector
Labour are set to attempt to extend rules that force landlords in social housing to deal with mould issues within a certain timeframe to the private rented sector.
Partner content
Communities
By British Safety Council
Bolton Lads and Girls Club awarded British Safety Council funding to help support its workplace wellbeing
British Safety Council has announced that youth charity, Bolton Lads and Girls Club (BLGC) has become the latest beneficiary of its Keep Thriving funding to support its employee wellbeing.
Tory levelling up is a sham but Labour has a plan to save it
Communities
By Justin Madders MP
Tory levelling up is a sham but Labour has a plan to save it
After a decade of promising to call time on the postcode lottery, this government is failing to deliver. With Britain’s regions further apart than ever, the Conservatives’ flagship project is a sham and a scam. The mask has slipped, and the public has seen the hollowness at its heart.
Beauty in the spaces in between
Communities
By Piers Taylor
Beauty in the spaces in between
Our wellbeing is enhanced by places we like and diminished by those we do not. What we like isn’t merely taste. In our collective desire to build better homes, the focus on binary or overly simplistic words such as “beautiful” or “ugly” are not helpful.
The once dazzling Oxford Street is now a sorry symbol of decline for Britain’s high streets
Communities
By Lord Rose
The once dazzling Oxford Street is now a sorry symbol of decline for Britain’s high streets
The onset of winter, chillier evenings and early dusk always triggers one of my earliest and most vivid memories: the annual trip “up west” to see the Christmas lights and gaze in awe at the mile and a half of dazzling window displays and Christmas lights along Oxford Street.
Planning reform and densification will help our cities thrive
Communities
By Brandon Lewis MP
Planning reform and densification will help our cities thrive
It is becoming increasingly clear that Britain’s housing supply crisis is a direct consequence of our restrictive planning system.
Andy Burnham: 'Whitehall has got to get used to places like this answering them back'
Communities
By Sienna Rodgers
Andy Burnham: 'Whitehall has got to get used to places like this answering them back'
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham talks to Sienna Rodgers about Sue Gray, transplanting Westminster to the North, and his plans for no less than ‘the wholesale rewiring of Britain’
Why can’t the North go Dutch?
Communities
By Tom Forth
Why can’t the North go Dutch?
Comparing the North of England with London obscures more than it reveals, argues Tom Forth. Only by judging it alongside other populous parts of northern Europe does the true scale of its problems become apparent – as well as potential solutions
Housing Collapse - how emergency housing cuts are hitting the vulnerable
Communities
By Chaminda Jayanetti
Housing Collapse - how emergency housing cuts are hitting the vulnerable
Severe cuts to central funding to help with emergency housing costs mean councils are refusing many more applicants. Chaminda Jayanetti unearths troubling data.
The Chancellor can give rural voters a lifeline at Autumn Statement Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
The Chancellor can give rural voters a lifeline at Autumn Statement
Conservative backbenchers are not the only ones holding out for a lifeline in the Autumn Statement later this month, rural voters are too. As the trade associations whose members are delivering vital heating services to the four million people that live in homes that are off the gas grid in the UK and heated by oil, we are hearing from our customers on a daily basis the overwhelming desire for the Government to bring forward at pace, concrete actions to show support for rural constituents.
Haven, have not: Jersey's inequalities awakened
Communities
By Andrew Kersley
Haven, have not: Jersey's inequalities awakened
Victoria Atkins Appointed Health Secretary As Steve Barclay Becomes New Environment Secretary
Environment
Victoria Atkins Appointed Health Secretary As Steve Barclay Becomes New Environment Secretary
Victoria Atkins is taking over from Steve Barclay as the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with Barclay replacing Thérèse Coffey as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a major cabinet reshuffle.
Majority Of People Think Neighbours Would Row Over New Buildings Rules
Communities
Majority Of People Think Neighbours Would Row Over New Buildings Rules
Only one in four people believe residents in large apartment blocks would be able to agree with each other on building management and maintenance issues, according to a new poll which casts doubt over government housing reforms.
Eye-watering house prices might still get worse before they get better
Communities
By Martin Roberts
Eye-watering house prices might still get worse before they get better
The housing market sometimes seems to throw off problems and confound sceptics with its resilience, like a bricks and mortar Donald Trump. Covid? Pah! Financial crisis? Bring it on! World economic meltdown? Sorry, did someone say something?
Partner content
Communities
By Betting And Gaming Council
AS NATION MARKS REMEMBRANCE, BETTING AND GAMING COUNCIL IS PROUD TO CONFIRM SPONSORSHIP OF LEICESTER RACECOURSE VETERANS’ DAY
The Betting and Gaming Council is proud to confirm it will once again sponsor Leicester Racecourse Veterans’ Day, which raises vital funds for a host of military charities.
Shadow Minister meets academics and tours pioneering hub at University of Manchester Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Shadow Minister meets academics and tours pioneering hub at University of Manchester
The Shadow Minister for Exports, Afzal Khan, has visited The University of Manchester to meet academics and tour the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub (SMI Hub) at the Henry Royce Institute, the UK’s National Centre for research and innovation of advanced materials.
The Westminster Holocaust Memorial is needed now more than ever
Communities
By Baroness Altmann
The Westminster Holocaust Memorial is needed now more than ever
In light of the tragic events on and since October 7th – and the subsequent shocking rise in anti-Semitic sentiment – it seems the lessons of the Holocaust are not penetrating modern day events.
Local communities must be front and centre of a reformed approach to leveling up
Communities
By Paul Howell MP
Local communities must be front and centre of a reformed approach to leveling up
It has been an especially difficult few years for England’s most ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods.
How a Labour government could rejuvenate the UK’s built environment Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
How a Labour government could rejuvenate the UK’s built environment
At this year’s Labour Party Conference, the Chartered Institute of Building was proud to host a fringe event with sector experts, outlining how a future administration could deliver improvements for the UK’s built environment sector.
London Luton Airport’s plans for sustainable expansion Partner content
Communities
By Luton Rising
London Luton Airport’s plans for sustainable expansion
London Luton Airport is one of the most important pieces of infrastructure in the country – it directly employs 10,900 people and it’s the UK’s fifth busiest airport welcoming millions of passengers every year.
Transforming our urban spaces through design Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Transforming our urban spaces through design
By embracing regenerative design, the UK can lead the way in creating thriving and resilient urban habitats and communities.
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
Online
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024