A new paper published today by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) argues that the Government’s continuing failure to prioritise genuine local housing needs over market demand will perpetuate the housing crisis while wasting precious countryside.

Lib Dem Leader Vince Cable is right to call on the Government to allow local councils to borrow to build, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the Party Leader’s speech at the Liberal Democrats’ Party Conference.

The social housing sector is facing a funding "crisis", as private landlords pocket billions in housing benefit cash, according to a damning new report.

Militant campaigners who abuse MPs could be banned from voting, the electoral watchdog said today.

Some 87% of MPs faced some sort of abuse during the general election campaign, a new survey has suggested.

Dods Monitoring consultant Kerri Blyberg gives an overview of Communities and Housing policy ahead of party conference season.

Labour cannot say whether it would give public sector workers a real terms pay rise until it has “seen the books,” according to a shadow minister.

Housing Minister Alok Sharma calls for government and industry to work together to deliver sustainable solutions to the "broken housing market". 

On 14 September, Sajid Javid announced details for a new methodology to calculate housing need in local communities – a policy first mooted in the Government’s Housing White Paper.

In response to today's publication of the Government consultation on measures "to boost housing supply in England", Matt Thomson, head of planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), said:

The Ulster people are being pushed to the brink by those who think narrow political interests should trump matters of life and death. It’s time to reach a deal on the Executive – or direct rule will become inevitable, writes Nigel Dodds

A former Scottish First Minister has accused the SNP and Conservatives of failing to prepare for the impact Brexit will have north of the Border.

Ministers have failed to recoup some £2bn in taxpayer cash that was wrongly paid to housing benefit claimants, PoliticsHome can reveal.

The Shadow Health Secretary is today calling on the Government to end the public sector pay cap in the NHS, saying it has been a “disaster” for the service.          

Wages have risen faster than house prices in most parts of Great Britain in the last the decade, according to a new study.

The UK could remain in the single market and the customs union during the Brexit transition period, Philip Hammond has suggested. 

Theresa May contacted Donald Trump in a bid to save jobs at an airplane manufacturer in Belfast, following pressure from the Democratic Unionist Party.

A lack of available small sites and a lack of finance top the list of barriers to SME house builders increasing their delivery of new homes, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders’ (FMB).

The Tories’s £1bn deal with the DUP must be rubber-stamped by Parliament, the Government has admitted after being challenged by Brexit campaigner Gina Miller.

The Prime Minister’s Brexit demands for Britain are the ‘equivalent of a letter to Santa,’ the general secretary of the TUC has said today. 

Citizens Advice has warned that the expansion of Universal Credit is “a disaster waiting to happen” and risks claimants plummeting into debt.

Over two million of the UK’s poorest families are set to be £50-a-week worse off by 2020 as a result of welfare cuts and soaring rents, according to new analysis.

Urgent reforms are needed to prevent young offenders from ethnic minority backgrounds becoming "the next generation" of adult criminals, a new report has warned. 

Labour have accused the Government of making a 'power grab' over an attempt to put the Tories in charge of a series of powerful Commons committees.