UK events firm that hosts arms fairs and comic shows sold to rival for £2bn FTSE 100 firm Informa to buy Clarion from private equity group Blackstone The Guardian - UK · 8h ago
Informa to buy rival events firm Clarion for £2.2bn amid strategy overhaul The FTSE 100 firm said the deal to buy Clarion from private equity giant Blackstone will add more than 100 event brands to its portfolio. Evening Standard · 8h ago
Awaab’s law is not working, say social housing tenants stuck in mouldy homes Residents say new legislation in England forcing landlords to fix dangerous hazards is not improving conditions The Guardian - UK · Sep 21
London ‘worse than any other city’ for affordable housing planning delays Some social housing developments in London have taken longer than two years to approve Evening Standard · Aug 4
South London council approves controversial plans for 249 new homes Critics say the approval of a 249-home social housing redevelopment is at odds with Merton Council’s own planning guidelines Evening Standard · Aug 3
Noted swift nesting site destroyed by contractors in peak season Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development The Guardian - UK · Jun 3
Fire Safety Scandal: Clarion Manager Caught on Leaked Recording Asking Staff to Fake Fire Safety Papers Clarion Housing faces outrage after a leaked recording revealed a manager telling staff to falsify fire safety documents, reigniting scrutiny over the UK's social housing safety standards. International Business Times UK · Oct 22, 2025
Guardian Australia’s Ben Smee joint winner of Queensland journalist of the year award The Guardian’s Queensland correspondent and three SBS journalists win top award for investigation into children locked up in police watch houses The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2025
UK housing associations accused of mis-selling ‘affordable’ homes as service charges soar by up to 400% Buyers say they were misled over likely rise in costs after they moved in, which are now ‘ruining people’s lives’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Woman forced to sleep on mat in living room as flat riddled with mould and damp Tracy Nilsson said she felt ‘less than a human being’ during years-long battle with her housing association to carry out repairs The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2024
Largest UK housing association fined for failing to fix child’s bedroom window for four years The severely delayed repair led to parts of home developing mould, housing watchdog says The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024
Cockroaches, leaks and asbestos – my living conditions were shameful. So I named and shamed the culprits When I shared complaints about my housing on social media, they went viral, and I began hearing from people in similar circumstances. It changed the course of my life, writes Kwajo Tweneboa The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024
'Terrified' London family evicted from home on day daughter started exams A single mother of four, whose son has a disability and whose daughter was sitting GCSE exams, has been evicted from her Merton house Evening Standard · May 20, 2024
Tenant sues landlord claiming UK flat was sublet as he was stranded abroad Social housing resident Filippe Scalora alleges a stranger moved into his flat while he was stranded abroad The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023 Family of tenant who killed himself over noise accuse landlord of ‘gross failings’ Exclusive: Relatives reveal landlord Clarion continued to demand rent four months after Mark Pearce’s death
Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023 Man killed himself after 'dismissive' landlord failed to resolve 18 noise complaints The man slept on air bed in his kitchen to avoid noise from neighbours upstairs
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023 Tenant killed himself after landlord failed to resolve repeated noise complaints Ombudsman orders UK housing association Clarion to apologise to family in ‘deeply distressing’ case
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023 Housing association slammed as tenant takes own life after 18 noise complaints Clarion Housing Association has apologised for its failings over what Housing Ombudsman Richard Blakeway said was a ‘deeply distressing’ case
Birmingham Post · Jul 10, 2023 Businesses and public sector join forces to drive investment in Kirklees Leeds-based law firm Clarion brought together leading figures at the roundtable event
Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2023 Residents fume as they face being fined £100 for parking outside their own homes People living in Caxton Close, in Tenterden, Kent, claim that those with parking permits have been wrongly fined by automatic cameras and nobody has helped them fight the fixed penalty notices
Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023 'My mushroom-infested flat is ruining my life and left me with £5,000 energy bills' The mum, from Epsom in Surrey, says that living in the property is causing her a huge financial burden, forcing her to spend weekends working alongside her day job to support her family
Wales Online · Jun 13, 2023 'This house has ruined my life' Mum-of-three's 'nightmare' as energy bill soars to £5,000 a year The mum says the house is infested with mould and mushrooms are growing in areas
Bristol Post · Jun 7, 2023 Flagship Bristol housing development delayed by another year Two years ago it was where Marvin Rees took Sir Keir Starmer to show how Bristol was building new homes
Manchester Evening News · Mar 12, 2023 'We're living in a raw sewage and rat-infested hell - we fear for our kids' Worried housing association tenants have made more than 15,000 complaints in the last three years
Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023 Giant rats and raw sewage 'hell' spark fear for kids' health due to mould and damp A Sunday Mirror investigation has revealed there were 15,000 complaints about disrepair with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould