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Competition watchdog launches investigation into house builders over failure to build enough homes
Housing crisis

Competition watchdog launches investigation into house builders over failure to build enough homes

The Competition and Markets Authority said ‘significant intervention’ is needed to deliver more homes and end the housing crisis

Michael Gove couldn’t spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead
Government spending

Michael Gove couldn’t spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has underspent £1.9bn after struggling to find projects to spend the money on despite a housing crisis

‘It’s like living through torture’ Tower block residents made homeless over post-Grenfell fire risks
Building safety crisis

‘It’s like living through torture’ Tower block residents made homeless over post-Grenfell fire risks

The fire service ordered the last of the residents at Cardinal Lofts in Ipswich to leave the building as Michael Gove told parliament developers who failed to sign up to building safety contract face ban.

‘I feel like if I leave my home I won’t be coming back’: Families kicked out of homes over fire safety issues
Cladding crisis

‘I feel like if I leave my home I won’t be coming back’: Families kicked out of homes over fire safety issues

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis
Building Safety Crisis

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis

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Tower block fire near Grenfell brings trauma back into focus
Grenfell

Tower block fire near Grenfell brings trauma back into focus

Grenfell five years on: Cladding scandal still haunts thousands across UK
Grenfell

Grenfell five years on: Cladding scandal still haunts thousands across UK

Grenfell campaigners hold Jubilee street party with empty table to remember those who died
Grenfell

Grenfell campaigners hold Jubilee street party with empty table to remember those who died

The government says it’s too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans
Fire safety

The government says it’s too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans

Building Safety Crisis: Gove unveils £5bn package to remove dangerous cladding from homes
Cladding

Building Safety Crisis: Gove unveils £5bn package to remove dangerous cladding from homes

‘I misspoke’: Lord Pickles apologises for ‘indifferent’ Grenfell Tower Inquiry gaffe
Grenfell

‘I misspoke’: Lord Pickles apologises for ‘indifferent’ Grenfell Tower Inquiry gaffe

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove’s cladding crisis plan, MPs warn
Building Safety

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove’s cladding crisis plan, MPs warn

Housing developers told they have one month to come up with cladding cash plan
Housing

Housing developers told they have one month to come up with cladding cash plan