Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech today at the Conservative Party Conference, Robin Fieth, Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association has released the following statement.

Lifting the borrowing cap for councils will diversify the housing market, stimulate industry capacity and help councils more easily meet their affordable homes requirements. 

As the Tories descended on Birmingham for their annual conference this week, all eyes were on whether Theresa May could unite her warring party and win backing for her troubled Chequers deal. 

Britain is set for a new homes boost after Theresa May revealed councils will be free to borrow unlimited sums to build new social properties.

The Conservative candidate to be the next London mayor has been criticised over a paper he wrote claiming multiculturalism risked turning Britain into a “crime-riddled cesspool”.

A Tory MP has branded critics of Boris Johnson within his own party “a***holes” amid reports of a plot to stop him becoming Prime Minister.

DUP leaders have warned Theresa May that they will vote down any Brexit deal that would lead to a customs border in the Irish Sea.

Labour have accused a Tory MP of being "astonishingly out of touch" after he mocked the new government policy on civil partnerships with a bizarre tweet about siblings getting married.

Britain would have to impose a hard Irish border if it leaves the EU without a deal, Philip Hammond has said.

Sunday at Conservative Party Conference saw Conservative MP Neil O’Brien joined by a panel of experts to debate the best way to bring affordable homes back to rural England

Flammable cladding will be banned on high rise buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government will announce tomorrow.

Diane Abbott today lashed out at Theresa May after the Prime Minister refused to apologise for the so-called 'hostile environment' immigration policy that led to the Windrush scandal.

The Militant movement of the 1980s is back, rebranded as Momentum. But while the hard left make empty promises of free money and utopia, we Conservatives know the only true way out of poverty is through employment and a strong economy, writes Esther McVey

With its strong economic story, combined with a narrative of radical change, the Conservative party has the vital ingredients to win the next election, writes Eddie Hughes

Theresa May has unveiled plans for a new levy to be paid by those buying British homes from abroad as part of a wider bid to tackle Britain’s housing crisis.

Adam Price has been elected the new leader of Plaid Cymru after Leanne Wood was sensationally dumped by the party.

Shaun Bailey has been chosen as the Conservatives' candidate to be the next  mayor of London.

Theresa May has insisted her Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley is doing an "excellent job", after the minister admitted to having a limited knowledge of the country when she took up post.

Parks are huge assets to our towns and cities. They play a valuable role in our communities, writes Rishi Sunak

The West Midlands Mayoralty is the only political job that would have plucked Andy Street from his role as chief executive of John Lewis. But does the businessman-turned-politician have all the powers at his disposal he needs to achieve the transformation he hopes for the region? And what does he make about the state of the Conservative party? Sebastian Whale travels to Birmingham to find out

Building Magazine has reported that the Labour Party will undertake a “root and branch rethink” of the planning system, aiming to give local people a say over what their area will look like in 25 years’ time and future proof the planning system.

During the “Building the Next Generation: skills, diversity and the built environment” event – hosted by The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) - Helen Hayes MP called on construction to draw talent from local communities. She argued that a workforce drawn from communities that are at the sharp end of the planning and development “can only be a benefit”.

Speaking at an event in Liverpool at the Labour Party Conference, Helen Hayes MP spoke of the benefits to the built environment sector by creating a diverse workforce from local communities.

Emily Thornberry today denounced “sickening individuals” in the Labour party who spew anti-Semitism and demanded they be dumped.