housing

More than a million homes given planning permission in the last decade have not yet been built, says the Local Government Association.

Women released from prison without a home, many with multiple vulnerabilities, are being set up to fail, says the Prison Reform Trust.

An algorithm designed by government to set how many new homes need to be built in local areas will lead to a housing boom in the south while swathes of the north will see fewer homes built, councils warn.

Mean property and financial wealth in London and the South East grew 150 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively, in the decade up to 2018. In contrast, it increased by just three per cent in the North East of England.