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NewsGove pledges to take on ‘vested interests’ of major developers
But housing secretary maintains 300,000 homes a year ’ambition’ remains despite anti-housebuilder rhetoric
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Local elections 2022: how will housing and planning issues affect voting?
Concerns over local planning and housing issues could be the deciding factor in a number of swing seats tomorrow - here are some to watch
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Products firms refusing to back down over demand to pay cladding bill, CPA says
Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved
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Building Safety Bill ‘to become law tomorrow’
Minister for building safety Stephen Greenhalgh tweets that mammoth legislation in line for Royal Assent
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Housebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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Former minister denies deregulation was prioritised over life safety before Grenfell
James Wharton tells inquiry he thought regulations had been “fit for purpose and working well”
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Former whip Stuart Andrew made housing minister
Pudsey MP has campaigned against housing plans in his own constituency
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Committee to probe whether cladding costs should fall on housebuilders alone
Clive Betts tells Housing Today new inquiry will consider whether responsibility for £4bn bill should be widened
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MPs say housing PDR will ‘unbalance’ high streets
Select committee report finds government had ‘insufficient evidence’ to press ahead with new residential permitted development right
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Government U-turns to refuse Westferry Printworks scheme
Junior housing minister turns down Tory donor’s 1,500-home east London project originally approved by Robert Jenrick
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Gove calls for more social housing
New housing secretary also says the condition of many social homes ‘scandalously poor’
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Labour to pledge 50% cap on foreign off-plan sales
Shadow housing secretary will also set out plans to give first time buyers “first dibs” on new build homes for six months
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A ‘mountain of priorities’ - what’s in Gove’s housing in-tray?
Planning reform, building safety and housing numbers will compete for attention from new housing secretary Michael Gove
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Gove replaces Jenrick as housing secretary
Industry reacts with cautious welcome to Michael Gove’s appointment
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MPs call for halt to roll out of new PD right
Select committee says wide-ranging new resi conversion right should not be introduced until review undertaken
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Labour introduces ‘use it or lose it’ planning bill
Proposed legislation is designed to put pressure on government over planning reforms
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A fifth of Tory party donations from property sector
Anti-corruption charity says scale of donations creates ’real risk of corruption’ as controversy over planning bill continues
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Senior Tory brands planning reform Johnson’s ‘poll tax’
Lord Hague’s comments come as Conservative backbenchers criticise proposal in wake of by-election loss
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Labour appoints new shadow housing minister
Manchester Central MP given the role after incumbent Thangam Debbonaire promoted
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Khan sets out raft of housing pledges in election manifesto
London mayor eyes City Hall development arm to deliver affordable homes and “first refusal” on TfL sites suitable for housing
