All Levelling up articles
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NewsCalls for new social landlords law following mould death
Calls for a new law forcing social landlords to quickly remedy faults that lead to tenant ill health are gathering pace in the wake of the death of a two-year-old boy.
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Insight
Levelling up: PRS must take priority
The private rented sector (PRS) needs to be top of the list when it comes to levelling up.
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Online
Mixed industry reaction as Hunt scraps Kwarteng’s Investment Zones
The scrapping of proposed Investment Zones in the Budget received a mixed reaction from the property industry.
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Information
Only 5% of the government’s Levelling Up Fund has been spent to date
A freedom of information request has revealed that only 5% – £243m – of the government’s £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund (LUF) has been spent to date.
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Professional
Supreme Court casts doubt on the legitimacy of masterplans
Rejection of Hillside Parks’ Aberdovey appeal could have implications well beyond the Welsh seaside parish.
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News
Landsec to fund first phase of Manchester’s £400m Mayfield development
A funding deal to unlock around 800,000 sq ft of commercial space at Manchester’s £400m gross development value (GDV) Mayfield scheme has been struck between Landsec and the Mayfield Partnership.
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News
Blackpool to get £40m levelling up investment to unlock £300m regeneration
The government has committed to providing £40m of levelling up investment to relocate Blackpool’s court building, in a move that it said would unlock a £300m town-centre regeneration plan.
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News
Property sector hails Gove’s return
Michael Gove has been heralded as a “vigorous politician” and an “effective agent of change” by mostly enthusiastic property industry heavyweights following his return to the role of housing secretary.
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Professional
The private sector can aid councils
A summer of discontent for local planning authorities (LPAs) saw officers at Portsmouth and Bournemouth councils self-imposing ‘lockdowns’ to tackle planning application backlogs.
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News
Critics slam move to reverse no-fault evictions ban
Critics have expressed anger at news that the UK government could row back on plans to abolish no-fault evictions.
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News
Edgbaston redevelopment in £20m Levelling Up Fund bid
The transformation of Edgbaston Stadium into a cricket and community-led mixed-use destination is the subject of a £20m bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF).
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News
Mini-budget: Industry reacts to planning reform, tax cuts and investment zones
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said the government will introduce a planning and infrastructure bill to reform and “unpick the complex patchwork of planning restrictions and EU-derived laws that constrain our growth”, in a budget described by JLL UK chief executive Stephanie Hyde as “anything but mini” for real estate.
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News
Clarke must take ‘decisive action’
Simon Clarke has been warned that the “clock is ticking” after being thrown into the housing hot seat by new prime minister Liz Truss.
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Insight
The Conservatives under Truss will lose the red wall
With Truss’s accession to prime minister, the political future of England’s red wall is perilously close to toppling. Starmer and the Labour Party now have, ironically, a golden opportunity to become the party of levelling up and to deliver to the Midlands and the north what the Conservatives had originally ...
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News
East Midlands offered devolution deal
The East Midlands has been offered a devolution deal by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which could see more powers delivered to the region.
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News
Experts slam environmental holes in Levelling Up bill
Real estate experts have warned that the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill is “as good as silent” on the climate emergency, which could hamper ambitions to improve sustainability in the built environment.
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News
Survey shows a gloomy outlook for property
Respondents to Property Week’s sentiment survey express concern about economic climate.
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Insight
Plan-making vital to levelling up
The Levelling Up White Paper, which focuses on tackling regional disparities across the UK, is essentially a manifesto for levelling up everywhere, not just north versus south.
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News
Quarter of rented UK homes need upgrade, report finds
Just under one quarter of privately rented homes in the UK need an upgrade in order to meet the Decent Homes Standard, according to a report issued this morning by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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Insight
A web dimension to levelling up
The digital divide has rumbled around in parliament as a must-act topic for years. Yet, until recently, it remained somewhat of a back-burner project, waiting for the right policies and programmes to be put in place to make impactful change.
