Prominent politicians, business executives and key thinkers are to gather at a conference to discuss social housing leadership in the face of unprecedented economic change.

The Leadbitter Group has won its first contract with Yarlington Housing Group to complete the construction of 21 new affordable homes on Ken Close in Chard, Somerset.

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today hailed a new partnership between the Government and the National House Building Council (NHBC) to gain a greater insight into how efforts to get Britain building again are making a difference in communities across the country.

The Government has announced that it plans to take its case to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling which found that plans to slash Feed-in-Tariff subsidies were “legally flawed.”