Boris Johnson

London mayor sets up procurement panel

16/05/2012 3:55 pm

Social landlords will be able to use a procurement panel set up by the Mayor of London.

Empty land

Southwark plans 1,000 council homes by 2020

16/05/2012 3:53 pm

Southwark Council announced today it has set itself a target to build 1,000 new council homes – averaging 100 a year - before 2020.

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Fire

Fatal Derby house fire was started with petrol

16/05/2012 2:51 pm

The fire in a Derby council house in which six children died was started by petrol below the letterbox in the hallway.

Jon Cruddas

Housing stalwart gets policy review brief

16/05/2012 1:00 pm

Housing stalwart and former Inside Housing columnist Jon Cruddas is to co-ordinate Labour’s policy review.

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Ben Page

British housing is ‘cramped and poorly planned’

16/05/2012 9:19 am

Much British housing is cramped and fails to meet the needs of its occupants, a study has found.

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Grant Shapps

Councils get more time to spend right to buy cash

15/05/2012 4:29 pm

The government has relaxed rules on how councils must reinvest money from the reinvigorated right to buy following criticism.

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    Where there's any question about the performance of a product, I would suggest that it's important to get the products in question back to the manufacturer or importer, for them to inspect...

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