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Hackney Council has earmarked £150,000 as start-up costs for a council-run energy company to tackle the fuel poverty of almost 10,000 households in the borough. The council’s cabinet this week[…]
Reforms to the fees charged to house builders are being held up by the delayed spending review. MPs on the Public Accounts committee were told that changes aimed at enabling[…]
Brentwood council is set to sign a joint venture with Morgan Sindall Investments worth £1bn in contracts for development in the borough. Though this is the fourth local asset backed[…]
London Borough of Kingston is pushing ahead with a controversial estate regeneration model in a bid to build hundreds of homes. The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames has voted[…]
London Borough of Croydon’s standalone housing company has pushed back the date by which it will become self-financing after announcing plans to borrow more cash to develop new sites. In[…]
Warrington Borough Council has outlined its reasons for departing from government investment guidance and continuing to borrow to invest in revenue-generating property outside its boundaries. The council’s executive board will[…]
Spelthorne Borough Council has hit back at an “erroneous and sensationalist” Sunday Times article which said that auditors had raised concerns about its commercial property acquisition strategy. The council has[…]
The final report from the High Streets Expert Panel has been published today by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The group, headed by Sir John Timpson, was[…]
Chris Buss suggests four ways to stimulate the building of council housing. Earlier in the year the government issued a Green Paper on social housing; since then the world has[…]
The recent Court of Appeal decision calls into question local authorities’ ability to enter development agreements without following public procurement rules, says Helen Randall Is your authority about to embark[…]
