Housing Secretary Michael Gove
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Section 21 evictions ban ‘delayed until after election’, MP claims
Clive Betts, who chairs the Housing Select Committee, throws doubt on whether Section 21 abolition will actually happen.
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Beleaguered ministers under fire over renting reform changes
Campaigners say it is 'outrageous' that 111 pages of changes to the Renters (Reform) Bill are tabled now.
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Prominent Labour politician unaware of agent redress rules
Abena Oppong-Asare asked a minister if the Government was considering making it mandatory for agents to sign up to an ombudsman.
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Industry leaders say Ministers ‘making rental crisis worse’
The NRLA and Propertymark say tax hikes that deter landlords must be reversed to prevent rents from rocketing even higher.
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Gove seeks to calm landlord nerves ahead of reform bill
Housing secretary says "you can’t have an effective housing market, or provision of the homes we need, without a variety of tenure types".
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New builds hit high as builders scramble before Net Zero deadline
The highest quarterly total of new build homes in 45 years was recorded in Q2 as builders strived to beat a deadline for carbon emissions.
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Lib Dems vote to keep housing target ahead of General Election
The Lib Dem members threw out a proposal by the party's leaders to drop its housing target of 380,000 new homes every year.
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Ban on gas boilers ‘to be delayed’ say Government insiders
The Government will put back a move to outlaw gas boilers in favour of heat pumps, according to a No 10 source.
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Regulation & Law
Labour’s Angela Rayner takes on Gove with housing brief
Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner replaces Lisa Nandy as Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, covering housing and communities.
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Government urged to help landlords with abandoned homes
Propertymark has written to housing secretary Michael Gove calling for stronger protections for landlords.
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