London mayor says residents need a law protecting them from unfair and unexplained increases in levies by landlordsLeaseholders hit with large and unjust service charges should have the right to refuse to pay up, Sadiq Khan has...
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Read MoreThousands of jobs are due to be cut this year at Tata Steel in Port Talbot, putting the future of British steel under serious threat. The Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey hears from workers at the plant and people...
Read MoreGroup working with Labour and Lib Dem MPs oppose government’s move to introduce harsher measuresRough sleeping could be fully decriminalised after 200 years under proposals from rebel Tory MPs to repeal legislation dating...
Read MorePressure on Michael Gove to act as householders see bills rise 40%, with many saying that they cannot afford to paySome of the UK’s largest housing providers have dramatically increased annual service charges by thousands...
Read MoreService charges for shared-ownership houses have rocketed, leaving many unable to pay. We hear their storiesWhen the construction company Lendlease first promoted the regeneration of Elephant and Castle in south London, it...
Read MoreOpposition MPs criticise changes to renters’ reform bill, which cast doubt on removal of no-fault evictionsRishi Sunak and Michael Gove have been accused of caving in to Tory MPs lobbying in favour of landlords’...
Read MoreGovernment rule changes on Airbnb-style rentals could lead to loss of more than 10,000 long-term rentable propertiesA loophole in government proposals to clamp down on Airbnb-style holiday lets could lead to the loss of...
Read MoreMayor says May election is a ‘once in a generation’ chance to tackle the city’s housing crisisSadiq Khan will launch his campaign for a record third term as mayor of London by promising the “greatest...
Read MoreTories accused of deserting those without financial support, as proportion relying on help with deposits rises from 27% to 37% in a yearRishi Sunak has been accused of “locking the door on home ownership” and...
Read MoreThousands of families have not found permanent accommodation for more than a decade, according to alarming new research• Read more: ‘My children never had a place they could say was home’Some homeless children...
Read MoreExclusive: Joint statement before conference on community cohesion calls for policies to ‘restitch’ societyUK politics must learn to “disagree well” or risk a descent into toxic, US-style culture wars,...
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