MPs warn of levelling-up failure in call for long-term funding A cross-party committee has identified significant flaws in the Government’s approach to addressing regional inequalities. The Independent UK · May 25, 2023
Liverpool Council missed deadline for crucial £2m funding City council had to take urgent decision to accept government cash after initial date was missed Liverpool Echo · May 25, 2023
Flats bought for £900,000 now worth NOTHING as distraught owners face 'losing everything' Residents of the new build block in Camden, north London, fear they may be trapped in properties valued at £0 and deemed 'unmortgageable' due to the amount of defects Daily Mirror · May 19, 2023
Planning work for Grenfell memorial gets under way six years after deadly blaze A memorial will be developed on the Grenfell Tower site in west London Evening Standard · May 2, 2023
Back-to-work schemes in England previously funded by EU forced to close Government’s post-Brexit funding U-turn comes too late for councils to allocate money to keep them running The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023
Failed Levelling Up bids have suddenly been reversed - where was the money hiding? Local MPs admit they are delighted but bewildered by the Budget announcement that areas with previously failed bids will now been handed millions. Manchester Evening News · Mar 16, 2023
The Mancunian Way: £211m down the back of the sofa Why have area responsible for previously failed Levelling Up bids suddenly been handed millions? PLUS What’s the mayor doing in the US? Manchester Evening News · Mar 16, 2023
Northern housebuilders Bellway and Persimmon sign up to post-Grenfell safety scheme The companies have committed to the Self-Remediation Terms that will cost them hundreds of millions of pounds Birmingham Post · Mar 13, 2023
WECA placed on government 'watchlist' after council leaders' rows Prospect raised that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities could send in government inspectors Bristol Post · Mar 6, 2023
'Your support stopped us feeling alone': Awaab Ishak's dad speaks out after massive breakthrough 'We are finally starting to feel like we are being treated fairly' Manchester Evening News · Feb 9, 2023
Awaab's Law: Campaign for change in tragic toddler's memory takes huge step forward as Bill amendment set to be tabled The two-year-old died following prolonged exposure to damp and mould at his home on the Freehold estate in Rochdale Manchester Evening News · Feb 9, 2023
Plans for regional levelling up directors may be dropped, MPs told Levelling Up minister Dehenna Davison said recruitment process is under review as officials admit no appointments may be made. The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023
'Beyond disappointing': Bolton gets second crushing blow in just 24 hours after £40m bids end in failure Two bids for levelling up cash to boost Bolton, together worth £40M have been thrown out by the government Manchester Evening News · Jan 19, 2023
New £5.4m Nottinghamshire training centre to boost green skills and create thousands of jobs It is anticipated to support almost 100 businesses and create 3,200 jobs at qualification levels 2 and 3 over the next decade, including five jobs at the centre itself Nottingham Post · Dec 19, 2022
Chronicle Live · Dec 16, 2022 New voter ID advice for North Tyneside residents could cost council £58k As controversial voter ID reforms loom closer, North Tyneside Council is left estimating the costs
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022 Homes for Ukraine ‘thank you’ payments to be raised after one year of hosting Councils will also receive money to help prevent homelessness among arrivals and to acquire more homes for people fleeing conflicts.
The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022 Government survey of social housing residents reveals damp and mould concerns More than half of tenants with maintenance and safety concerns said this was down to damp, mould and condensation, the survey found.
Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022 ‘We still feel stranded’: despite Help to Buy extension many buyers will lose money and miss out on homes After Homes & Property revealed hundred of Londoners would miss the Help to Buy deadline due to buliding delays, the government announced an extension. But many buyers still stand to miss out
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022 Government to miss affordable homes building targets by 32,000 Not enough socially-rented homes are being built to ease the national housing crisis, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022 Government to miss affordable homes building targets by 32,000, MPs say Not enough socially-rented homes are being built to ease the national housing crisis, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022 Government kick-starts local development funding to replace EU investment It has approved councils’ plans to invest a £2.6 billion pot that succeeds the European Structural and Investment Fund.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022 Forty councils in England built no social housing for five years due to cuts Government focus on homes at higher ‘affordable’ rent helps fuel drastic shortage with demand poised to surge
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022 Councils handed further £13.5m to clamp down on rogue supported living providers The funding will help councils step up inspections and carry out better scrutiny of housing benefit claims to ensure they are reasonable.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022 Tories’ levelling up ad campaign broke the rules, finds watchdog Advertising promoting government policies in run-up to local elections in May described as party propaganda by Labour
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 ‘No decision made’ on scrapping plans to ban no-fault evictions – Government The Conservative party first pledged to scrap no-fault evictions in 2019 in its election manifesto.