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‘Government will respond to Grenfell inquiry recommendations within six months’ – Housing Minister
The Prime Minister has promised to respond to the report’s recommendations, pledging to force action to remove dangerous cladding where necessary. Only last month, the government revealed that 4,630 buildings still have unsafe cladding, leaving thousands of residents living in fear of another Grenfell.
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‘Disgusting display of thuggery’: Police condemn violence at Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers
In South Yorkshire police have condemned what they’ve called a “disgusting display of thuggery” following the disorder at that Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers last night.
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Rioters attack hotel housing asylum seekers amid far-right violence
The violence escalated rapidly in Rotherham this afternoon as rioters attacked a hotel housing asylum seekers. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said police had full Government support for the “strongest action” against those responsible.
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Labour reveal big planning changes including mandatory housing targets
Angela Rayner has unveiled an overhaul of England’s planning rules to help the government deliver the 1.5 million new homes it has promised to build.
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How will Labour meet new housing targets it has set?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy: As we’ve just heard, the Chancellor promised to ‘get Britain building again’ with a wave of planning reforms this morning. But how will this actually work? Our economics correspondent Helia Ebrahami has been to one so-called grey-belt site to find out.
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Coastal town Hastings calls for housing crisis solutions
For the second report of our Sea Wall series, looking at the coastal towns of England and Wales, we’ve been to Hastings on the south coast.
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Social housing shortage: ‘When I’m 65, if I’m still renting, I can’t retire.’
The charity Shelter says 90,000 social homes must be built every year to end what it calls the ‘housing emergency.’
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Why ‘no win, no fee’ solicitors are taking on councils over social housing
Council tenants in England whose homes are plagued by leaking roofs, subsidence, damp and mould are turning to legal firms for help.
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UK housing has worst value for money of any advanced economy, research finds
A new report has said that the UK’s housing stock offers the worst value for money in any advanced economy.
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No ‘silver bullet that fixes housing crisis’ says housing specialist
We spoke to Roger Mortlock who leads the Countryside charity – the CPRE – formally the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England and Emma Revell who specialises in housing matters for the right leaning think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies.
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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey announces plan to drop national housing targets
The Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has suffered a defeat at his party conference after members rejected his plan to drop national housing targets.
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How to build beautiful social housing
Peter Barber has been winning awards for turning tiny patches of land into innovative estates.
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Social housing crisis: ‘Get architects on board’, says RIBA President
Cathy Newman spoke to the newly-elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Muyiwa Oki. At 32, he is the youngest and first Black president of the institution. Cathy began by asking him why more architects aren’t involved in the provision of social housing?
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Johannesburg fire: More than 70 dead in building housing homeless
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been visiting the site of a devastating fire in central Johannesburg which claimed the lives of more than 70 people, including at least 12 children. Tonight, Channel 4 News has been told that criminal gangs had partitioned the building using locked gates, preventing people from fleeing – part of an illegal…
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Housing inmates in police cells ‘predictable mess’, says former head of prison service
We spoke to the former head of the prison service Phil Wheatley who’s had more than 50 years experience working in the prison system.