In a notable intervention, the Secretary of State has stripped nine local councils of their authority to manage major planning applications, citing poor performance. Critics argue this undermines local democracy and hands significant power to a distant national authority, intensifying concerns about a top-down approach to housing development.
8 months after being elected on a promise to end the feudal leasehold system, the Labour government is quietly delaying reforms and weakening commitments. The Treasury has intervened to protect pension fund returns. Meanwhile, 4 million leaseholders wait for liberation that may never come.
Today the government-commissioned Milburn Review published its interim findings on youth unemployment in the United Kingdom. The headline figure, 957,000
A five-party Britain heads to the polls. The two parties that governed us for a century are fighting for survival.
