4 d. ago Epping asylum hotel latest: Judges to rule on overturning injunction after migration protests

Dozens of local authorities say they will seek legal advice on halting the use of hotels to house asylum seekers following the interim injunction granted to Epping Council

Events

4 d. ago Councillors approve £11m project to purchase land in Ravenscraig and build new homes

North Lanarkshire Council will secure the site at Prospecthill Road which is currently owned by Ravenscraig Ltd but was previously targeted for inclusion in the council’s new build housing programme.

Economics

5 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

5 d. ago 'Serious failings' identified by housing regulator at Kensington and Chelsea Council

Kensington and Chelsea, the borough which contains Grenfell Tower, has been handed the second lowest grade by the Government Regulator over the state of its social housing

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5 d. ago Woman left in tears as she finds homemade 'crackpipe' inside her new council home

The young student is too scared to clear out the storage cupboard used by the previous tenants after the mortifying discovery in her kitchen. She believes it's a homemade crackpipe

Politics

6 d. ago Rogue trader warning issued as scam callers target Stirling residents on their doorsteps

Stirling Council has received reports of rogue traders cold calling at several households across the area, claiming to have connections to the council and offering exterior works at a reduced rate.

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6 d. ago The council wouldn't give me a new kitchen so I did it myself

Lauren Keeble, from the UK, revealed she transformed her dated council house kitchen herself after the state refused to fund the upgrade.

Politics

6 d. ago Cut your Council Tax payment for next month without claiming a discount

Nearly half a million households in Scotland are receiving a Council Tax Reduction on their annual bill.

Economics

6 d. ago Scots woman in tears after finding homemade 'crackpipe' in new council house

Charlie Henry, was horrified when a family friend found the homemade 'drug device' hidden in the cupboard under the sink.

Society

7 d. ago Woman handed suspended sentence and ordered to pay over £6k for submitting false council housing application

Amira Issa, 41, who lives in Southwark, was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for 12 months

Economics

8 d. ago Newbuild homes DEMOLISHED after teenager goes on 'utterly mindless' JCB rampage causing over £2.5million of damage

Images obtained by the Daily Mail show bare foundations of what was once newly-constructed council housing in Darlington, Durham.

Economics

1 week ago Housing in east London borough hit by 'shoddy workmanship' from repair firms, mayor says

Lutfur Rahman said he believed Tower Hamlets Council’s housing repair service was ‘not fit for purpose’

Economics

1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Labour councils join backlash with potential legal action against government

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Politics

1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges after Epping migrant site shut

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Events

1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Councils vow to take legal action after Epping migrant site shut as Reform calls for protests

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Events

1 week ago Epping hotel controversy: 13 councils to jump on ruling to remove asylum seekers

A wave of local authorities are vowing to block asylum seekers being housed in hotels after Epping Forest District council won a shock victory in the High Court following weeks of protests

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1 week ago More councils in England plan to challenge asylum hotels after Essex ruling

Broxbourne council leader hopes to ‘go down same path’ as Epping, which has blocked people being housed in hotelCouncils across England are weighing up their own legal challenges after a high court ruling blocked people seeking asylum from being housed in an Essex hotel.The Conservative-run Broxbourne council in Hertfordshire said it was taking legal advice “as a matter of urgency” on whether it could follow the example of neighbouring Epping Forest district council, which applied successfully for an injunction to stop asylum seekers being accommodated at the Bell hotel in the town. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Asylum hotel latest: More councils seek legal action to ban migrants from being housed in their areas

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Events

1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Labour in turmoil with more councils eyeing legal action after Epping site shut

Chaos facing Starmer comes after council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

Events

1 week ago Tenant renting out London council house while living in Ethiopia among dozens to have property seized back

Fraud investigations discovered some council tenants had illegally sub-let their homes despite living abroad in countries as far away as Ethiopia

Society