Angela Rayner has returned to the housing brief as ministers prepare the next Renters’ Rights Act rollout phase, with landlords still waiting for dates on the private rented sector database, redress scheme and council enforcement changes.
Housing Secretary Steve Reed is facing accusations of double standards after it emerged he tried to stop a major housing development in his own south…
Steve Reed has been appointed as the new Housing Secretary following Angela Rayner’s resignation, just as the controversial Renters’ Rights Bill returns to Parliament. The…
Angela Rayner has resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Secretary, and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party after being found to have underpaid Stamp Duty…
Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, has admitted underpaying Stamp Duty on an £800,000 seaside flat in Hove, East Sussex. The error…
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given his approval to one of the UK’s largest private landlord licensing schemes, proposed by Southwark’s Labour council. This new…
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indicated a potential willingness to explore tax concessions for landlords. Speaking during a Budget debate in the Commons, Gove emphasised…
Houses are being offered to Bolsover first-time buyers and key workers at heavily discounted prices as part of the first phase roll-out of the Government’s…
Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, claimed Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick when unveiling…
Courts in England will remain open during the latest national lockdown, but evictions will not be enforced until 11 January 2021 ‘at the earliest’. There…
A ban on tenant evictions in England, due to expire next week, has instead been extended until 20 September. And falling into line with Wales,…
Government funding amounting to £1.3bn to be used for building and infrastructure projects, has been announced. One of the aims is to build 45,000 new…
I have written before about the regular replacement there seems to have been over the last few years in the posts of Housing Secretary and…
