Milton Friedman may never have managed to cadge a free lunch, but if you work in the public sector these days, you might get ...

The government has received some home truths about its plans to step up housing development and relax planning rules from the county council.

Council tax bills in England are expected to increase by up to 5% next April, amid Tory warnings that local authorities face ...

Housing secretary Angela Rayner has called in a 8,400-home garden village scheme near Sittingbourne, Kent, despite planning ...

Express reporter and Tory councillor Mieka Smiles fears an under-the-radar decision could bring the UK to its knees.

Angela Rayner has been accused of undermining local democracy after taking control of plans for a new “garden town” ...

A charity has asked Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to overrule a decision to build a solar farm on green belt land. The ...

The Independent reports that the ‘previous Conservative government objected to the plan by South Cambridgeshire District ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has called in a planned 8,400-home ‘garden village’ near Sittingbourne, Kent, which was ...

A council in Kent has promised to “robustly” defend its opposition to a major new housing development after the scheme was ...

Ignoring officer recommendation that such a move would be “legally perverse”, councillors voted to proceed with plans to write to secretary of state Angela Rayner requesting the local authority’s ...

"Rising discounts, alongside other measures that restrict councils’ use of Right To Buy receipts, mean that the money raised ...