5 h. ago The families who were given a £10,000 discount on their new homes... as long as they help BUILD them

Thrilled new home owners have been given a £10,000 discount on the price of their properties in return for helping building them.

Society

13 h. ago Illegal worker crackdown: Care providers fined almost £600,000 in just three months after Home Office raids

Care companies were fined between £10,000 to £210,000 for hiring illegal workers

Economics

14 h. ago Angela Rayner unable to explain housing arrangements ‘due to court order’, Downing Street says

It comes amid continued criticism of the deputy prime minister’s purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove

Events

16 h. ago New homeowners handed huge £10,000 discount on houses if you finish it off yourself

People who would have struggled to get on the housing ladder were offered a whopping £10,000 discount on new homes if they contributed 500 hours to the build themselves

Society

16 h. ago 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since Assad's fall, UN says

An official with the U.N. reguee agency UNHCR says that since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries

Events

19 h. ago The 'remarkable coincidence' that could let 'three pads Rayner' avoid inheritance tax: Deputy PM's constituency home is valued at EXACT threshold when tax becomes payable

The Deputy Prime Minister is embroiled in a deepening sleaze row over her tax affairs after it was revealed she bought an £800,000 second home on the south coast.

Economics

21 h. ago Couple 'forced' to raffle their £600,000 home for £2 a ticket after housing market crash under Rachel Reeves and Labour

Aily Chalmers, 32, and her husband, Nathan, 35, resorted to the desperate measure as they wanted to move closer to family in Forest Way, Hampshire.

Economics

34 h. ago UK homeowners with oak trees in gardens face £20,000 fine after council decision

One gardener was left stunned after he was slapped with a £20,000 fine for cutting back a tree in his garden, and it turns out many people don't realise they could be breaking the law.

Economics

58 h. ago Rayner used top wealth protection firm in her house deal... now Tories say she 'must come clean over litany of tax avoidance accusations'

The embattled Deputy Prime Minister split the ownership of her £650,000 constituency home with a trust administered by blue-chip law firm Shoosmiths.

Economics

69 h. ago More than 5,000 homeless children are ‘institutionalised’ by the state

In its monthly update, the Department of Housing said that a total of 16,058 people are now living in emergency accommodation.

Society

3 d. ago Conservatives call for ethics probe into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs

The Telegraph newspaper claimed Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, paid £30,000 instead of £70,000 in stamp duty on a second home.

Economics

3 d. ago Angela Rayner faces threat of sleaze probe amid accusations she 'escaped £40k in stamp duty' on purchase of £800k seaside apartment

The Conservatives have lodged a formal request for an investigation into whether the Deputy Prime Minister broke the ministerial code in her purchase of an £800,000 second home.

Economics

3 d. ago Phil Spencer: catastrophic rumoured tax reforms would hit ordinary Londoners

Rumours that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering property tax reforms that include scrapping stamp duty, a tax on home sales over £500,000 and collecting capital gains tax (CGT) on homes over £1.5 million when they sell are likely to slow the housing market according to Zoopla.

Events

3 d. ago Angela Rayner 'is a hypocrite and a freeloader': Tories blast Deputy PM after it emerges she 'dodged £40,000 in stamp duty' on her new seaside pad

The Deputy Prime Minister is said to have told tax authorities that her £800,000 seaside apartment in Hove, East Sussex, was her main place of residence.

Economics

4 d. ago Angela Rayner house row deepens as it emerges deputy PM 'dodged £40,000 in stamp duty' on her new seaside pad

Angela Rayner reportedly took her name off the deeds of her Greater Manchester property only weeks before purchasing an £800,000 coastal flat, the Telegraph has claimed.

Economics

4 d. ago Vulnerable people at risk of homelessness as 1 in 10 specialist homes face closure

More than a decade of funding cuts has pushed specialist homes to the brink, with 50,000 at risk of closing their doors, a survey by the National Housing Federation (NHF) found

Events

4 d. ago Brit dies on Greece holiday as family face £59k bill after GP said 'don't worry'

Alan Kirby's family faced a £14,000 hospital bill and their insurance didn't cover a £45,000 private medical flight home as his condition wasn't known before their departure

Economics

4 d. ago Brit dies on Greece holiday after GP said 'don't worry' now family face £59k bill

Alan Kirby's family faced a £14,000 hospital bill and their insurance didn't cover a £45,000 private medical flight home as his condition wasn't known before their departure

Economics

4 d. ago Two London neighbourhoods are getting nearly 4,000 new homes

Two London neighbourhoods are getting nearly 4,000 new homes  Time Out Worldwide

Politics

4 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council housing chief reveals benefits to Incentive to Downsize scheme

Currently, there are more than 14,000 households waiting for a council home in North Lanarkshire, while around 3,200 properties are classed as under-occupied.

Politics