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Starmer pledges planning reform as industry predicts collapse in housebuilding
Labour leader promises more homes as HBF report says policies now in train will push industry to lowest output since WW2
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Rachel Maclean confirmed as housing minister
Former Sunak Treasury aide and Andy Street ally appointed following departure of housing minister Lucy Frazer
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Lucy Frazer to step down as housing minister
Frazer’s promotion to culture secretary means industry in line for sixth housing minister in 12 months
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Bargate Homes MD joins parliamentary housing group
Mark White set to give MPs insight into what is happening on the ground
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Housing and homeownership will be centre stage at the next general election
Economic and political turmoil means old electoral certainties are fading and housing is likely to play a key role, writes Paul Hackett
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Campaigners push for further changes as Levelling Up Bill back in Parliament
Call for government to back down on National Development Management Policies following Gove retreat on housing targets
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Gove rips up compromises on cladding pledge contract
Housebuilders set for confrontation with housing secretary over legal wording underpinning £2bn cladding pledge
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Villiers claims Gove is listening in talks over planning compromise
Rebel MP says government ’listening’ to her calls to scrap housing target as Labour accuses PM of being ’weak’
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Tory infighting as Villiers tables bid to scrap housing targets
Co-author of 2019 Conservative manifesto brands attempt to cut target “selfish and wicked”
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Housebuilders lament ‘bitterly disappointing’ autumn statement
Senior figures say the package does nothing to help an industry ‘under siege’
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Autumn statement: Hunt reverses Kwarteng’s ‘permanent’ stamp duty cut from 2025
Decision comes as OBR forecasts long term pain in housing market
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Tory MP pledges bill amendments to end housing targets
Theresa Villiers claimed “overdevelopment” has been growing steadily in recent years
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Confusion as ‘housing minister’ says he has local government brief
Department refuses to confirm that Lucy Frazer is to be named as fifth housing minister this year in place of Lee Rowley
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Reaction as Liz Truss resigns as prime minister
Jeremy Hunt to stay as chancellor as new Conservative Party leader to be picked within the next week
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Former no10 adviser Jack Airey drafted in as DLUHC special adviser
Adviser involved in controversial 2020 planning white paper now special adviser for new secretary of state Simon Clarke
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Tory conference day two: Calls to boost SMEs and Lord Heseltine makes regen case
While the chancellor’s change of heart grabbed the headlines, the second day in Birmingham also saw calls for more SME housebuilders, concerns about nutrient neutrality, and debates about investment zones and regeneration, writes Ben Flatman
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Labour pledges to become ‘party of home ownership’
Leader Keir Starmer sets out plan to hit new 70% home ownership target with mortgage guarantee scheme
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Lee Rowley named as fourth housing minister this year
North East Derbyshire MP has track record of opposing planning applications in his constituency
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Pro-development free marketeer or nimby? Which Liz Truss will we get?
Liz Truss now says she wants to scrap housing targets, but back in 2019 she wanted to build on the green belt. How likely is a return to pro-development principles now she is in office?, asks Joey Gardiner
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Simon Clarke appointed housing secretary
Middlesbrough-born Brexiteer becomes fourth MP to hold post in less than a year
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