Robert Jenrick
Critics seize on ministers scrapping requirement for private developers to build a certain amount of affordable properties.
Research for Shelter also reveals 550,000 adults have taken on debt to pay rent – and the eviction ban will soon be lifted.
New "permitted development rights" also mean developers don't need to build *any* affordable homes when they replace old buildings with housing.
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clash for the final time before summer recess, with the government’s brexit plans, lack of action over Russia and the response to the coronavirus pandemic all under scrutiny.
Post-Grenfell Building Safety Bill sees costs passed on to leaseholders rather than developers and building owners.
Recorded before Rebecca Long-Bailey’s sacking, Labour’s shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss the lockdown easing and what it could mean for the country next, as well as whether Robert Jenrick can remain in position following his controversial intervention in a planning decision involving Tory donor Richard Desmond.
The housing secretary should take a deep breath and resign, Rushanara Ali writes.
Everything you need to know on the row concerning the housing secretary, Tory donor Richard Desmond and a £1bn development in Tower Hamlets.
Nadhim Zahawi was asked how ordinary people could secure the same access as billionaire donor Richard Desmond.
One officer said "we don’t have time for that", documents reveal. The reason for the rush? To save Richard Desmond up to £50m in tax.