Angela Rayner says manifesto pledge is not being dropped but focus is now on building council housesUK politics live – latest updatesThe government is unlikely to meet its target of building 1.5m homes, Angela Rayner has...
Read MoreThis blog is now closedThe Electoral Commission has released political donation figures for the second quarter of 2026. They show that Reform UK continues to rake in far more than other parties. Nigel Farage’’s party had...
Read MoreMove would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing fundingAndy Burnham will give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale...
Read MoreSurge in proposals follows Labour’s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to MarchPlans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government...
Read MoreParty’s ‘welfare to work’ policy would force long-term claimants to do community work or face losing benefitsRobert Jenrick went on to say that long-term benefits claimants will be made to clean up their local high street and do...
Read MoreThousands more houses could be built near transport hubs including on green belt sitesThe new national planning policy framework is aimed at providing clearer national policies for plan-making and decision-making, meaning that...
Read MoreAngela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sitesThousands more homes could be built within 10 minutes of transport hubs, including on green belt sites, under a...
Read MoreHousing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeupAll pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England...
Read MoreToo many shops are blighting too many communities. With the rule change I fought for now on the horizon, ordinary people can fight back How much gambling do you want in your high street? Are you happy with all the betting shops,...
Read MoreThe prime minister says the prison early release scheme crisis shows he’s someone who had ‘never taken no for an answer’In his pooled TV interview, Andy Burnham repeated the point he made in his Facebook post earlier (see...
Read MoreThe prime minister says he wants to build crossparty consensus In his pooled TV interview, Andy Burnham repeated the point he made in his Facebook post earlier (see 9.58am), saying he was confident that more could be done to...
Read MoreThe prime minister says other work to reduce prisoner numbers could allow for more space for serious offendersAndy Burnham did not want to be talking about prisons today. As Aletha Adu and Alexandra Topping report, the PM wants...
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