Councils in England were given the power to charge a 100pc council tax premium for second home owners from April 1 under laws passed by the previous Conservative government to ease housing pressures.

Extensive bombing during World War Two destroyed around 475,000 houses in Britain. This led to the building of further council housing and also the creation of ‘new towns’, planned and built ...

An abandoned housing estate in Glasgow dubbed 'Britain's Chernobyl' is set to be ... photographers and others over recent years, forcing council chiefs to issue a warning of the dangers of the ...

Ms Rayner argues that council housing is vital to hitting Labour's ... They are joined at the hip when it comes to getting Britain building.' Councils have been spending more and more on temporary ...

Deputy PM Angela Rayner this week unveiled her bid for 370,000 extra homes per year in England as she confirmed the return of top-down housing targets ... Burnley Council estimated the Lancashire ...

Just days after Reeves’ announcement, 20 of England’s social housing landlords warned the future of council housing is in the balance ... are also central to the party’s plans to “get Britain building ...

Council tax in Britain is established by law, as is a person's liability for paying it, contrary to claims in an online video ...

Britain went from having one of the best housing stocks in Europe after World ... in 2017 and the town’s representative on the county council. But she acknowledges that the development has ...

Britain has long lacked enough housing, but a 22% jump in private rents ... have effectively declared themselves bankrupt. Croydon Council - which declared it was unable to balance its books ...