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Jenrick replaced as housing secretary by Gove in cabinet reshuffle

15.09.2021

Laura Edgar

England | michael gove | Policy & Politics | robert jenrick

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sacked Robert Jenrick from the position of housing secretary as part of his cabinet reshuffle. Michael Gove will replace him.

MHCLG HQ in Wolverhampton / City of Wolverhampton Council

MHCLG office opens in Wolverhampton

13.09.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing and communities secretary Robert Jenrick has unveiled the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's (MHCLG) second headquarters in Wolverhampton.

Government allocates billions to affordable housing funds

01.09.2021

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | England | homes england | Housing | robert jenrick

The government has set out £8.6 billion in affordable housing funding to help people get on the housing ladder.

High Court set to hear ‘pork barrel’ challenge to levelling-up fund

24.08.2021

Huw Morris

The government’s flagship levelling-up policy will come under scrutiny after the High Court granted permission for a legal challenge over its funding.

55,000 households used help-to-buy scheme last year

16.08.2021

Laura Edgar

England | Help To Buy | Housing | robert jenrick

According to government statistics, more than 55,000 households bought their home using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme in the 2020/21 financial year.

First Homes scheme open for bids

12.08.2021

Laura Edgar

England | First Homes | Housing | robert jenrick

The government is inviting housebuilders to bid for a share of a £150 million package by offering plots for sale as First Homes, which are aimed at first-time buyers and key workers.

Flooding in Slough, June 2021 / Paul30, Shutterstock_1998692075

Government to invest £5.2bn into flood defences over six years

29.07.2021

Laura Edgar

The government has said 'thousands more homes and businesses' will be better protected from flooding and coastal erosion through its investment of £5.2 billion announced today (29 July), as the housing secretary has announced that planning applications opposed by the Environment Agency will be...

Government U-turn over national infrastructure levy – what might the further implications be?

26.07.2021

Julia Berry

Does the government’s change of heart over the mooted infrastructure levy signal a rash of other reversals of its promises to transform planning? Julia Berry suspects it might...

Birkenhead on the Wirral / iStock-494340852

Local authorities to be given CPO powers to renew derelict buildings to transform towns

15.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Local authorities in England will be given compulsory purchase order powers (CPO) to take over and transform derelict buildings and convert them into homes if property owners stall on regeneration plans.

Robert Jenrick at the LGA annual conference / Laura Edgar

Jenrick: Planning reforms will give councillors power over what and where to build

06.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has said that the intent of the proposed planning reforms is to give councillors the control over what to build and extend participation in the planning system to everyone from a smartphone.

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