Ella Jessel

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has defended his government’s freeze of Local Housing Allowance but said there will be a chance to “look again” at the issue in the next Budget

Thousands of leaseholders have threatened legal action against four of the UK’s biggest freeholders in a joint claim over “secret” insurance commissions

Large North West housing association Riverside has bolstered its group board with the appointment of three new members

Developers have “played a part” in creating the backlog at the Building Safety Regulator due to the poor quality of their schemes, Dame Judith Hackitt has said

North West landlord Great Places has appointed the outgoing chief executive of Cumbrian landlord South Lakes as board chair

The UK’s largest architecture practice has launched legal action against manufacturer Kingspan, claiming that it acted “dishonestly” by marketing insulation as suitable for a high rise in Lancashire

The London mayor’s office has said it missed its housing starts targets due to a “perfect storm in housebuilding”

Angela Rayner has rejected calls to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance, telling MPs it would simply funnel more money to private landlords