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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Britain’s ‘asylum capital ... due to unprecedented pressure on housing and worsening social cohesion. It comes after cash-strapped Glasgow City Council, which recently hiked council tax ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lambeth Council is likely to shut it anyway ... of the world seem to be contributing to that unreadiness. The cost of housing weighs on people, too. John Ermisch, a demographer, has compared ...