Conservative Party Conference
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5 Oct 21The government’s 'levelling-up' agenda aims to invest in new houses, retrofitting of old homes and more powers to local government, according to senior ministers.
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5 Oct 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak signalled that plans for the government to get debt back under control will be pushed into the medium term, following this year’s record borrowing.
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2 Oct 19Boris Johnson has promised no checks “at or near the border in Northern Ireland”, in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
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2 Oct 19The Queen’s Speech should be used to reinvigorate the devolution agenda, local government leaders have said.
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2 Oct 19Cross-party working is required to fix the social care system, a conference event has heard.
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1 Oct 19Health experts have warned the £2.8bn the government plans to spend on hospital upgrades “falls well short” of what is needed.
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1 Oct 19The housing crisis is one of the UK’s biggest domestic policy issues, delegates at a Conservative conference fringe have heard.
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19 Oct 18Councils’ housing revenue account borrowing cap will be scrapped before the end of the month, the communities secretary has revealed.
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9 Oct 18Fiscal devolution and a reconfiguration of political economy in localities will become the battleground of domestic policy in the post-Brexit general election, argues Jonathan Werran.
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4 Oct 18Right to buy is costing English councils £1bn - £300m net - a year and cutting the discounts could lead to an extra 12,000 homes being built every year, a trade body has said.