All Michael Gove articles
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Gove intervenes in London Plan as Khan pledges to double council housebuilding
Housing secretary and London mayor continue battle over housing
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Government to create mandatory national register of short-term lets
The measure is part of the government’s long-term plan for housing, aimed at implementing stricter regulations for short-term lets
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DLUHC must move beyond ‘piecemeal tweaks’ and think long-term, say housing associations
Sector says Michael Gove’s reforms announced this week are not sufficient to solve the housing crisis
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Gove announces new brownfield funding for London
Housing secretary also launches group to explore housing opportunity around Euston
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Brownfield shake-up reaction: Reforms welcomed amid concerns Gove’s ‘tinkering’ won’t fix housing crisis
Accusations of ‘mixed signals’ after pre-Christmas planning changes which effectively removed local housing targets
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Gove’s London Plan review says Khan’s strategy ‘frustrates brownfield delivery’
The review recommends granting presumption in favour of planning permission for brownfield sites
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Affordable housing loan scheme gets extra £3bn to build 20,000 new homes
Gove unveils pre-election plans to address the housing crisis, including brownfield planning reforms
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Big housebuilders ‘comfortable’ with lack of innovation, says Gove
Housing secretary’s comments come ahead of CMA report on sector
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Gove launches much-anticipated consultation on housing manager qualifications
The consultation is seeking registered providers’ and tenants’ views on the new competence and conduct standard
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Housing secretary intervenes to prevent Surrey council from withdrawing local plan
Rowley said withdrawal of the local plan would result in the council having one of the oldest adopted local plans in the country
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Wait continues for government response to Morrell products review as minister dodges questions
Housing minister Lee Rowley tells MPs the government will reveal its building product safety plans ‘soon’
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Mayor of London labels Gove’s London Plan Review a ‘desperate political stunt’
Results of the review yet to be released
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Gove rules out changes to nutrient neutrality laws before next election
The secretary of state for housing blamed Labour for “thwarting” his bid to tackle nutrient rules blocking development
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Gove outlines changes to rules on shared ownership grant funding
Registered providers will be allowed to use recycled grant funding to “buy back” homes with building safety issues
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London mayor is failing to provide enough affordable homes, Gove says
If Sadiq Khan cannot deliver the number of homes London needs, then I will, secretary of state insists
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Gove officially waters down housing targets
Gove vows to “root out” councils “gaming the system” as he unveils long-awaited National Planning Policy Framework
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HBF decries ‘capitulation to NIMBYs’ as Gove prepares to scrap greenbelt housebuilding targets
New NPPF rules expected to be announced this week
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Gove approves 2,150-home Hounslow scheme rejected by planners
Berkeley and M&G’s plans get green light despite concerns about ”an incongruous, monolithic wall of development”
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Gove summons five housing associations for a meeting over maladministration findings
The secretary of state has written another batch of 10 letters to housing associations, on the back of severe maladministration findings
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Gove overturns refusal for 1,100-home Taylor Wimpey development in Lancashire
A decision on the Pickering’s Farm development on 50 hectares of agricultural land was called in for determination by the housing secretary