The National Housing Federation (NHF) has spoken out against the “unjust” and “unfair” measures in the Welfare Reform Bill after MPs voted yesterday to reject amendments put forward by the House of Lords.
Life will become more difficult for the poorest and most vulnerable children in the country, said The Children’s Society, following the Government’s Commons victory over welfare reform.
The Government is to tap the BBC and the Royal Mail for surplus land that can be used to build new homes; all part of the plan to get Britain building by putting policies into action rather than leaving them to gather dust on shelves, the Housing Minister said today.
Industry take-up of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is “unstoppable” said the Government’s chief construction advisor, warning firms that those failing to take up the technology will fall by the wayside.
Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the Home Builders Federation, and chairman of the charity Habitat for Humanity is encouraging companies from across the industry to join in the charity’s annual Hope Challenge event.
A new tenancy deposit protection scheme for private sector landlords has been launched today by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) in association with the Residential Landlords Association (RLA).
A dispute over pensions has triggered the first industrial action in the Audit Commission’s history, after 500 members of its in-house auditing practice rejected management’s latest offer.
Veteran filmmaker Ken Loach is among the high profile supporters of a new campaign against the Government’s housing and welfare policies that is to be launched at the House of Commons towards the end of February.
