Less than 5% of government housing cash is being used to support housebuilding compared to 82% in the 1970s, new research has revealed.

Labour peer Wilf Stevenson argues the devolved governments must have a greater say in critical decisions relating to repatriated EU powers after Brexit.

Official spending watchdogs have blasted the Government for taking too long to spot a benefits error that cost claimants thousands of pounds.

Dan Jarvis will have to give up his Westminster seat if he becomes the mayor of South Yorkshire, Labour’s ruling body has declared.

New fathers should be given the chance to take three months’ leave on the first year after a child is born, MPs have said.

A Conservative MP today blasted the Government over a deal on fisheries post-Brexit - saying it would be “easier to get someone to drink a pint of sick than try to sell this as a success”.

A government that once trumpeted its strength and stability is delivering neither for our local authorities, writes Mike Amesbury

Ministers are considering extra tax rises on older members of the public to pay for elderly care, it has emerged.

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn were handed a boost today as they ousted the longest serving Labour mayor in the country.

There is no way to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland after Brexit under the Government's current proposals for solving the issue, MPs have said.

Nicola Sturgeon has said the stalemate over what happens to powers relating to devolved areas when they return from Brussels after Brexit could be settled in the coming weeks.

Fewer than half of Scots want a fresh independence referendum within the next three years even though most think Brexit will harm the economy, according to a poll.

Government changes to taxes and social security will condemn future generations to poverty, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.

Theresa May will meet Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones today in a bid to end the impasse with the devolved administrations over Brexit. 

Labour has lost a bid to stop more than one million children missing out on free school meals.

The Government is launching a new £50m fund to support integration and bring together what one minister calls Britain’s “divided” communities.

Despite an increasingly ageing population and an equally-high demand, just over 2,000 bungalows were built in 2017.

Philip Hammond and John McDonnell have clashed in the Commons today in a heated exchange over historic bullying claims.

A charity with a unique formula for keeping veterans off the streets put its system to the test recently with the help of some Army chefs. 

Homeless Link’s Annual Review 2017 provides insights into the state of the homelessness sector.

Sadiq Khan has highlighted some of the anti-Muslim abuse he receives on Twitter.

There will never be sufficient progress addressing the housing challenge without the private and public sectors working more closely together, says Joe Garner, Chief Executive, Nationwide Building Society.

Tory MPs rounded on Commons Speaker John Bercow as he chaired a debate on bullying sparked by allegations made against him and other parliamentarians.

Labour MP Karl Turner has rejected claims that he “slapped” a female party member’s bottom and made misogynistic remarks about her.