Labour has piled into the Government after the official spending watchdog laid bare the cash crisis facing local councils.

A third of UK home owners would rather hire a female builder, as opposed to a male builder, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner has secured debates on Government plans to cut free school meals and childcare vouchers in a bid to block them.

The proposed draft revision of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will further weaken the mineral planning system and further threaten the replenishment of aggregate and other mineral reserves which are the largest material supply in the economy and essential for the delivery of housebuilding and infrastructure, says MPA.

SNP firebrand Mhairi Black has revealed some of the shocking misogynistic abuse she receives online in a powerful speech in parliament today.   

Representing the mineral products and quarrying industry, the largest supplier to the construction industry and housing sector, the MPA has continually pressed the Government to ensure that planning for the housing supply chain is recognised as an essential element of delivering the housing we need.

Labour has called on Philip Hammond to spend an extra £2bn on children’s services by 2020, as the party unveiled new analysis showing the number in care was at its highest in decades.

Wolf-whistling and catcalling at women in the street should be made a hate crime, a Labour MP has said.

Controversial transgender model Munroe Bergdorf has stepped down as an equalities advisor to the Labour Party.

Councils are still waiting to use new powers to tackle empty homes that were announced in the Autumn Budget, it has been revealed.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has set out proposals for a new Aggregates Levy Community Fund (ALCF) to be introduced in England in April 2020.

CPRE has given a cautious welcome to some of the measures in today’s long-awaited review of planning rules.

Theresa May has taken a swipe at the BBC after she was asked a question about Brexit.

A young builder has been named ‘Apprentice of the Year’ by the National Federation of Builders (NFB).

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) welcomes the consultation document’s approach to local planning, which local developers often identify as a barrier to securing deliverable planning permissions. 

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

Theresa May has already suffered one major speech background failure in her tenure as PM. Today she tried to better it.

The best way to speed up housing delivery is to get more small builders back into the market and focus more attention on the potential of smaller sites, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Cycling star Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky “crossed an ethical line” by using performance-enhancing drugs, a damning report by MPs has said.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock says the US plan to slap huge tariffs on steel and aluminium imports cannot be dismissed as "yet another example of Trumpian bluster".

Senior figures from Sinn Féin and the DUP are to hold separate talks with Michel Barnier this week as the issue of keeping an open border in Ireland after Brexit rumbles on.

Theresa May will today urge developers to "do their duty to Britain" as part of government efforts to increase housing supply.

A top Labour MP has accused ministers of ditching plans to reduce the number of benefit sanctions.

Councils could be stripped of their planning powers if they fail to build enough homes, Sajid Javid has warned.