Bristol Councillor Tom Hathway and London Assembly Member Sian Berry highlight the failures of the private rented sector, leading the call for rent controls in major cities.
Caroline Lucas MP recently responded to the Government’s Net Zero and Heat and Building strategies, calling them ‘deeply worrying’ and ‘nowhere near ambitious enough’, respectively.
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Some people have a lot to gain from Government-backed retrofitting, says Simon Pickering. He outlines how, alongside delivering emissions reductions, insulation could be particularly bene...
Cllr Steve Hynd outlines Stroud District Council’s plans to retrofit, insulate and decarbonise its five thousand-strong housing stock, emphasising the difference that central government c...
Following the cabinet reshuffle, Michael Gove was appointed Minister of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Previously titled the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Governmen...
For one week in June 2021, a derelict plot – which once housed a public swimming pool but was sold off to developers in 2004 – was reclaimed by York residents, and a boat called Sue. Patr...
Rupert Read reflects on Insulate Britain’s M25 protests, encouraging the group to shift towards a more positive strategy in order to gain public support.
In the wake of the global gas crisis, the National Insurance rise and Universal Credit cuts, many Britons are at risk of fuel poverty this winter. The Green Party has urged the Government...
Green Councillor Tony Dyer details how cross-party collaboration saw Bristol City Council protect green spaces and deliver zero-carbon homes, but emphasises that more is required from the...
A recent National Audit Office report has revealed the Government’s mismanagement of its Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme, with the scheme being implemented on an ‘overly ambitious’ timel...
The Green Party has shown support for a letter to Boris Johnson urging against a market-based retrofitting scheme, instead pushing for the Government to pursue a publicly funded program t...
Benali Hamdache writes to councils to remind them of the ‘woeful’ provisions currently provided to refugees, and to join the call for more funding to support refugee children.
While successive governments have failed to fix the housing crisis, Green Party member and housing campaigner Matt Townsend explains how the solution could be found in community ownership...
“We believe Sheffield should concentrate less on growing its geography; and instead create more locally and neighbourhood-based economic, social and cultural networks.” Cllr Douglas Johns...
Green Councillors in Brighton and Hove have succeeded in securing further government funding for the city’s Housing First programme, which will expand the scheme by 30 properties to re-ho...
"Council Housing should be the best: in choice of materials, level of safety, energy efficiency, innovation. So, why are we settling for below-par standards, let alone those that put peop...
This week saw the first meeting of the Brighton and Hove City Council’s new Climate Assembly, bringing 50 residents together to discuss transport and how the city can reach its climate go...
Julian Mellor explores how the government’s proposed planning reforms could hand power to US developers by removing the decision-making power of local planning committees.
“Just when we need to be strengthening communities, defending the environment, and planning for our children’s futures; the new planning laws being rushed through by the Government threat...
“Neither Labour nor the Conservatives are doing enough nationally. Those who have been unable to pay rent because of lost earnings during lockdown are still expected to pay it back under ...
