Government hands out cash to Councils to speed up planning decisions

This is "radical reform unlike anything we have seen since the Second World War," declares the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, as the Planning for the Future consultation opens.

Housing Minister reveals an "ambitious revamp of planning rules" and bans gas boilers in new homes, as the Government publishes its first-ever "design manual to promote the building of beautiful new homes"…

James Brokenshire announces a package of measures designed to 'tackle stigma and help end the segregation of social housing residents in mixed-tenure developments'