Angela Rayner may have floundered on the BBC this morning talking about gifts and ministers being on the take from wealthy donors and friends but her opening speech to conference has injected some ...

The Government’s current housing package includes the delivery of up to 5,000 new affordable social homes but the full details of its housing strategy are set to be announced in the spring. Shelter ...

There are times, few and far between perhaps, when you suddenly find that you might get a bunch of things that you’ve been campaigning for a long time to get. You lobby Ministers and opposition ...

Struggling councils will no longer be required to pay a “punitive” premium on financial bailouts, Angela Rayner has announced in a speech vowing to get local government “back on its feet”.

Councils will be able to hold virtual meetings and suspend councillors for “poor conduct” under changes announced by the ...

Angela Rayner suggested four-day weeks, which the previous government described as ‘part-time work for full-time pay’, could improve productivity in local government. Conservative shadow local ...

Angela Rayner was forced to defend the ... But Tory James Wild interrupted her speech to ask: 'How does loading costs onto employers help boost growth and job creation?' Ms Rayner replied ...

It's hard to see Rayner disagreeing with that, and Rachel Reeves made planning reform central to her first major speech in the role yesterday, name checking these two sites, "The Deputy Prime ...

Angela Rayner may have floundered on the BBC while talking about gifts from wealthy donors, but her opening speech to the Labour conference injected some life into what was threatening to be a ...

Remember chlorinated chicken? Sean O’Grady serves up a reminder of what US trade talks looked like in Trump’s first term, and why the EU won’t make it any easier now ...

Days after Labour swept to power in July, Angela Rayner, the Housing Secretary ... s actions were announced in Rachel Reeves’s first speech as Chancellor suggests the odds are in the developer ...