Developers ‘must pay’ cladding bills
Developers have been warned by the Government that they must pay to fix the cladding crisis.
Developers have been warned by the Government that they must pay to fix the cladding crisis.
More than half of councils in England had to reduce the level of care and support they provided to vulnerable residents in January, because of growing numbers of social care staff on sick leave or isolating because of the Omicron variant.
At the heart of local government is the need to ensure everyone in our communities is treated equally, with dignity, and has fair access to resources and opportunities.
Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into effect in late January.
Barnardo’s has warned that the Government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children.
More than 4,000 households living in the private sector were threatened with homelessness between July and September last year – an increase of almost 60 per cent from the same quarter the previous year.
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to pay, under tough new measures announced by the Government
A report by the cross-party Public Accounts Committee has criticised the slow pace of the Government’s ‘Project Gigabit’, designed to accelerate the speed of the superfast gigabit broadband rollout across the country.
Stronger measures to help protect public places from the threat of attack look set to go ahead, following a government consultation.
The Lords Built Environment Committee has called on the Government to address barriers to building much-needed new homes.