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Minister: Significant progress made to clear rubbish from Birmingham’s streets

The Conservatives pressed communities minister Jim McMahon to ‘rule out the humiliation of service personnel ever having to collect refuse’.

Evening Standard

London council spent £13,400 making public toilets gender neutral

Kingston Council paid thousands to make toilets at Latchmere Recreation Ground in Battersea gender neutral

Evening Standard

Fury over plans for 'spy dungeons' beneath new Chinese embassy in London

The Conservatives have accused Keir Starmer of adopting ‘a policy of appeasement’ towards China

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Government stands firm in efforts to scrap tax relief for private schools

The Government has stood firm in its bid to scrap tax relief for private schools and push ahead with business rates reform.

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Government’s flagship planning reforms clear first Commons test

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill was approved at second reading and will undergo further scrutiny at a later date.

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New building rules could still require ‘bat tunnels and fish discos’ – MP

Tory shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake said new planning legislation could still be delayed by nature restoration proposals.

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MPs fear planning laws reform could strip residents of right to object

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner denied Tory claims that residents would have less power to say no to plans near them.

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Starmer accused of waging new ‘war on countryside’ after axing grant that saves local pubs

There is concern that cherished local pubs will be forced to close after a government grant was cancelled, in yet another blow to rural communities

The Independent UK

Rayner quizzed ahead of changes to stamp duty discounts

The Deputy Prime Minister was being pressed by Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake.

Evening Standard

Badenoch launches bid to get nine local elections rescheduled for May

Local government minister Jim McMahon laid an order earlier this week to postpone elections in several council areas.

The Independent UK

Slow progress of Sadiq Khan's affordable homes programme is 'catastrophic', says senior Tory

The mayor is only 13 per cent of the way towards hitting his affordable housing target, having used more than half the time available

Evening Standard

‘Some councils will be worse off’ after NI increase despite more funding

Communities minister Jim McMahon said that despite a 6.8% increase to overall local authority funding, some English councils will be poorer.

The Independent UK

Tory shadow housing secretary holds shares in a company which opposed Renters Reform Bill

Kevin Hollinrake is coming under pressure to recuse himself from the debate on the Renters Reform Bill

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch says being Tory leader is ‘going as well as it possibly could’

Despite a gaffe-filled first two months in the job, Kemi Badenoch said: ‘I was expecting it to be much worse.’

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Badenoch: No quick fix for the Tory party

The Conservative leader said the process of rebuilding the party was a ‘marathon, not a sprint’.

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Kemi Badenoch: I will earn voter trust and release policy as 'thought through'

Mrs Badenoch told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that ‘these things will come’, in an interview due to be broadcast on Monday morning

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch: I will earn voter trust and release policy as ‘thought through’

Mrs Badenoch told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that ‘these things will come’, in an interview due to be broadcast on Monday morning.

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Hollinrake backs Badenoch to win public trust by next general election

The shadow housing secretary said: ‘I think over time, people will grow to really respect her.’

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Housing must take priority over nature, says Starmer in green belt reform plan

Councils given mandatory targets to deliver 370,000 homes a year in England, including through review of green belt boundaries

The Independent UK

Housebuilding set to surge by 60% as Rayner faces backlash over plans to ‘bulldoze’ countryside

Prime minister Keir Starmer has insisted building more homes is more important than the environment, saying houses have to be ‘the top priority’

Evening Standard

Government waging ‘war on rural England’ with planning overhaul, Tories argue

Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake claimed the “majority” of homes built to reach the Government’s 1.5 million target will go to migrants.

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Government willing to step in if authorities refuse to plan for housing targets

The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take over if local authorities refuse to put plans in place to meet housing targets.

Evening Standard

Tories would not support decision to arrest Netanyahu in UK, says Hollinrake

Downing Street has indicated the Israeli prime minister faces detention if he enters Britain after an international arrest warrant was issued for him.

Evening Standard

Ministers considering extending period before tenants eligible for Right to Buy

The Government also said it was considering measures which would see social housing replaced on a one-for-one basis in future when sold.

Evening Standard

Cabinet minister slams rich for 'farmland tax dodge' as thousands of farmers protest in London

But NFU chief Tom Bradshaw accuses Environment Secretary Steve Reed of treating farmers with ‘contempt’

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