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The government’s ambition to retrofit homes risks undermining levelling up efforts if it does not take into account huge regional variations in property
Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran gives his take on this week's goings on at the Tory conference in Manchester. Today's top news stories: Gove backs
Local government should become part of a 'stewardship model' of planning, which encourages encourages landowners and developers to "maintain an active
What kind of regional or sub-regional political economy will be responsible for directing economic growth at local level remains up for grabs, writes
Let political battle commence with the unveiling of Queen’s Speech once this week’s local elections have fallen off the grid. Although the last general election was less than a year and a half ago, the government’s first order of the day will be to regain the prerogative to set the date for future general elections by repealing that unloved coalition hangover, the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. Legislative headroom will be a precious commodity in a bill-clogged parliamentary timetable, so the housing and planning bill will also be in a hurry to get onto the statute book. And, once enshrine...