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GOVERNMENT planning reforms aimed at speeding up permissions for new developments will be “disastrous”, according to Labour in Kirklees. The Lib Dems say democracy will be “stripped out of the process” and that neither the public nor local councillors who represent them will have a say when already weakened safeguards are killed off. Both Labour and the Lib Dems have urged local MPs to oppose the bill. But local Tories say the government’s proposals represent an opportunity for disadvantaged younger people to get a foot on the housing ladder. Housing Secretary Robert Jenri...

English elections 2021: Conservatives make gains across country The Conservatives have taken control of 13 more councils in England in last week's local elections. The party has gained an extra 236 councillors according to the final count, with Labour losing control of eight councils. The Conservatives secured victories in Amber Valley, Basildon, Basingstoke & Deane, Cannock Chase, Cornwall, Dudley, Gloucester, Harlow, Maidstone, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Pendle, Southampton, Welwyn Hatfield and Worcester. It lost control of Cambridgeshire, Isle of Wight and Tunbri...

Dilip Walse Patil takes charge as Maharashtra Home Minister after Anil Deshmukh's resignation PTI Photo Senior NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil has on Monday taken charge as Maharashtra Home Minister after Anil Deshmukh's resignation. Meanwhile, Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif has been given additional charge of the Labour Department, while Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been given charge of the Excise Department in addition to Finance and Planning. Both Labour and Excise departments were held by Walse Patil. Who is Dilip Walse Patil? Born on October 30, 1956, Dilip Walse Patil ...

Lord Wharton has been appointed as chair for the OfS. But he is also a paid adviser for a firm that wants to build electric cables through the University of Portsmouth.