Councils must invest in attracting top rate regeneration professionals to secure the future of their areas, delegates to a Room 151 conference have been told. At the recent Housing and[…]
Almost nine in ten councils are planning to push ahead with planned capital projects despite the Public Works Loan Board rate rise – with more than half set to seek[…]
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has agreed to find £3.4m to keep development work going on a planned film studio complex after its California-based preferred partner for the project[…]
The Society of District Council Treasurers has asked the Treasury to create a new Public Works Loan Board discount rate, as councils reassess the viability of their regeneration and housing[…]
by Tom Roberts, head of strategic investment, LGIM Real Assets The government estate is made up of hundreds of thousands of UK assets; from railways ports and prisons to hospitals[…]
Peterborough City Council’s cabinet has voted to set up a housing revenue account (HRA) to allow it to expand the number of homes for rent it owns and take advantage[…]
Innovations in housebuilding technology can help councils deliver their ambitious housing targets, says Rosie Toogood, CEO of Legal & General Modular Homes. This article was sponsored by Legal & General,[…]
Kerrigan Proctor, CEO of Legal & General Capital makes the case for joint working between local government and institutional investors. This article was sponsored by Legal & General, Lead Sponsor[…]
Councils say they need more help from the government after its £1bn pledge of high street funding. The government announced 50 councils could bid for up to £1bn from the[…]
The government faces a call to reform the Right to Buy programme amidst claims that local authority housebuilding cannot keep pace with the sale of council homes. The Local Government[…]
