Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Transport on Dec 16
David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): What steps his Department is taking to help resolve delays at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency...
Friday, 10 December 2021 06:28
Councils warn of rise in housing waiting lists as landlords sell up
Councils warned today of a growing crisis in the private rented housing sector, with a sharp rise in landlords selling up or converting their properties into Airbnb’s...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
National Audit Office publishes report on regulation of private renting
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the way private renting is regulated is not effective in ensuring the sector is consistently fair for renters or that housing is safe and secure...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
High streets – the Government must learn lessons from Covid to build back better, says Levelling-Up Committee
The Government should immediately conduct a full “lessons learned” review on the impact on high streets of central and local government handling of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
Importing of hunting trophies banned to protect world’s threatened species
Importing hunting trophies from thousands of endangered and threatened species, including lions, rhinos, elephants, and polar bears, is set to be banned, under new measures announced by Environment Secretary George Eustice today...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
District Councils Network warn of rise in housing waiting lists as landlords sell-up – Crisis response
Today, 10th December, the District Councils Network have published new findings which show that 76 per cent of councils have seen an increase in landlords selling properties...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
Training and more testing to help people become HGV drivers
Free courses for adults to train to be HGV drivers are under way across the country – as part of a package of measures to ease driver shortages and support supply chains this Christmas and beyond...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
Efforts to get the public active have failed: We need a new national plan for sport, health and wellbeing – Lords Committee
England needs an ambitious and radical national plan for sport, health and wellbeing to address stagnant activity levels across the country...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
LGA responds to NAO report on regulation of private renting
Responding to a report by the National Audit Office on regulation of private renting, Cllr David Renard, Local Government Association housing spokesperson, said...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01
Matthew Pennycook comments on NAO report into regulation of private renting
Matthew Pennycook MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing and Planning Minister, commenting on the National Audit Office’s new report on the regulation of private renting, said...
Friday, 10 December 2021 00:01