EXCLUSIVE: Government turns to councils for extra building inspector capacity
REGULATION

EXCLUSIVE: Government turns to councils for extra building inspector capacity

By Emily Twinch | 30 June 2025

The Government has turned to councils for extra building inspector capacity as high-rise housing projects continue to be dogged by regulatory hold-ups.

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

The power of the dream

By Jon Rouse | 27 June 2025

Jon Rouse says that rather than being a bureaucratic exercise, reorganisation is about complete r...

HOUSING

The council won't be cowed by scaremongering

By Sheila Oxtoby | 27 June 2025

Great Yarmouth BC is focused on proposals for a new selective licensing scheme to tackle sub stan...

LEADERSHIP

Reaching for the radical

By Heather Jameson | 19 June 2025

Bristol is the only large unitary with a Green-led administration. Heather Jameson talks to its l...

FINANCE

Section 151 officers must be able to forecast with greater confidence

By Tracy Bingham | 19 June 2025

The sector knew not to expect full detail in the Spending Review but the absence of any further i...

HOUSING

Councils face enforcement capacity 'struggle'

By Martin Ford | 18 June 2025

A cornerstone of the Renter’s Rights Bill is under threat due to a lack of council capacity, the ...

HOUSING

Government to create national housing bank

By Joe Lepper | 17 June 2025

A national housing bank will be created by the Government to help finance the building of 500,000...

FINANCE

Spending Review 2025: Key takeaways for the sector

By Megan Tam | 13 June 2025

While local authorities have performed better in this Spending Review than expected, proposals to...

PROCUREMENT

The blueprints for success of council companies

By Perry Holmes | 12 June 2025

Peter Ware and Perry Holmes look at how Medway Development Company and SCAPE are shaping the futu...

FINANCE

Spending Review: £39bn funding boost for social and affordable housing

By Paul Marinko | 11 June 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £39bn investment in social and affordable housing over t...

PLANNING

Labour planning bill rebellion crushed

By Martin Ford | 10 June 2025

The Government has quashed an attempted rebellion among its own MPs over the Planning and Regener...

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