The latest hike to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) will undermine good builders who play by the rules and encourage the rise of cowboy builders, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Budget. 

Mark Atkinson, chief executive of disability charity Scope, said: 

On Thursday 9 February, Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary and Dilys Alam, Deputy Director for the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) joined our Chief Executive Helen Milner on a visit to an English My Way class run by Online Centres Network member Aaghaz at Foxdell Primary School in Luton.

Airbus employees baked, swam and cycled their way to a grand total of £192,000 for people with terminal and life limiting illnesses.

Family homelessness in London is rising at a faster rate than across England, with councils struggling to provide temporary accommodation, according to research released today from EY and London Councils. 

Next week’s Northern Ireland Assembly election comes at a time of increasing polarisation over Brexit. Historian and crossbench peer Paul Bew looks ahead to the vote 

A report published today by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says that unexplained variations in the use of benefits sanctions are unacceptable and must be addressed.

MPs respond to the new EY’s Future Cities report, which lays bare the increasing pressure on our cities as the global population grows to 9 billion.

Scope's Head of Policy and Public Affairs, James Taylor, welcomes the Government's commitment to halve the disability employment gap, but urges them to be ambitious with their reforms.

The housing white paper has great potential, but lacks concrete plans says Dods monitoring consultant, Kerri Blyberg.

House Builders Association responds to John Penrose MP's article on PoliticsHome.

Government should fund new cost-effective programs to create a private rented sector that provides stability for homeless people argues Richard Benyon MP.

Nationwide Building Society gives its response to the Government’s Housing White Paper announced yesterday.

The way to solve the housing crisis is to reduce planning restrictions on urban property owners, allowing them to build up to the level of other buildings in the same block, argues John Penrose MP.

As the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid launches the government’s housing white paper, David Hawkes, Policy Manager at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides his reaction.

Today's housing White Paper has proposed amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework which will see 'ancient woodland and aged and veteran trees' given stronger designation, alongside the likes of National Parks, AONBs, SSSIs and Green Belt land.

Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the BSA, comments on the Housing White Paper.

Chief Executive of the FMB, Brian Berry has responded to the Government's Housing White Paper.

The Government has pledged to fix the UK’s ‘broken’ housing market ahead of publishing its long-awaited Housing White Paper.

57% of British adults agree that the Government should provide financial support to churches in order to protect their heritage and history, according to a new opinion poll commissioned by the National Churches Trust.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed cutting the amount people in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) receive by £30 a week for new claimants from April this year.

Rico Wojtulewicz, policy advisor for the House Builders Association (HBA), invites Conservative MPs to reflect on the upside of reforming the planning system to address Britain’s housing crisis.

Former Labour Shadow Cabinet member Dan Jarvis writes ahead of his Private Members' Bill today, the Child Poverty in the UK (Target for Reduction) Bill. 

A group of 15 swimming coaches has been selected to take part in an exciting new programme aimed at creating the next generation of top class coaches.