Former Conservative party chairman, Grant Shapps, is calling for Great Northern, run by Govia Thameslink, to lose its franchise.
Gary Gibbon
They’re waving union jacks in the hall of the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham but in a hectic high-octane three weeks of politics this flag was nearly ditched.
Police not to investigate allegations against Shapps, but Met lawyers say software selling may constitute offence of fraud.
Channel 4 News still can’t find Corinne Stockheath of Surrey who allegedly testified on Grant Shapps’ website. Would the real Corinne please stand up?
If your name is Corinne Stockheath or Surrey, Dr JLM Richards of Dallas or Richard Warton of Tektriox, Michael Crick would like you to get in touch.
That’s not “the first six months”, it’s about three-and-a-half months. This is significant, because buying a house takes time.
David Cameron’s found figures showing housebuilding starts are up since 2009. There’s a reason he chose that year as his starting point, FactCheck discovers.
You may remember last month the FactCheck team homed in on the housing minister Grant Shapps’ grand designs. You can see their ruminations here. Now, Labour’s accusing him of misleading parliament, and potentially even breaking the ministerial code.
“All these things would take a toll on your wallet, not to mention your marriage, sanity etc.”
Homelessness figures are still low compared to the high they reached in 2003 – but they’re already climbing sharply.
There was tough talk from the Government today, with Housing Minister Grant Shapps backing councils that want to ‘convict and evict’ rioters from social housing. But is the Government’s bark worse than its bite? FactCheck investigates.
FactCheck has taken ministers to task before on local government funding. Are they robbing from the poor again in an effort to curb the housing crisis?
David Cameron has repeatedly committed his party to urban regeneration, but has his government’s decision to shelve the “Pathfinder” programme broken that commitment?