Government promises to build 150,000 new affordable homes over the next four years are under threat because of its decision to abolish regional plans in England, MPs warned
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Social housing budgets will be squeezed by a huge spending clampdown despite government plans to build 150,000 affordable homes over the next four years... more
Lord Mandelson was asked at the Edinburgh International Book Festival if he would consider following Tony Blair by donating proceeds from his memoirs to charity... more
David Miliband believes the party can only win again if it woos back both the middle classes and those on lower incomes. He outlines his mission to Paul Waugh... more
Property buyers in London are flooding back to the beleaguered housing market at the fastest rate since the height of the property boom, new figures reveal... more
An emergency summit between Britain’s leading charities and the Treasury was held as it emerged that voluntary groups are engulfed by the Icelandic banking crisis... more
Just a couple of days after the National Housing Federation suggested that as many as a quarter of British households could find themselves in fuel poverty — spending more than 10 per cent of their income on fuel bills — the Government has unveiled a £910 million package of measures to help these households out. ... more
There may be a three-way split at the Bank of England over what to do with interest rates, with some arguing for a cut, others a rise, and the rest no change at all. ... more
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