All Levelling up articles
-
NewsDLUHC consults on cladding cost recovery proposals to protect leaseholders
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has launched a consultation seeking views on proposals that would force landlords to try all other avenues of cost recovery before going after leaseholders for cladding remediation work.
-
News
Housing balance key to levelling up coastal areas
A balancing act between visitors and local communities is needed to reduce pressure on housing stock in coastal areas and help the levelling-up agenda, according to a report by the Coastal Communities Alliance.
-
News
Levelling-up funding flawed but agenda is here to stay
Experts say government needs a more ‘strategic approach’ to how the fund can make the biggest difference.
-
News
MPs slam levelling-up agenda in dispute over funding round
Cross-party committee calls bidding process ‘confusing’ and questions whether policy can deliver change.
-
News
Government hands out £2bn in levelling up funds amid claims of unfairness
The government has released more than £2bn in long-awaited levelling up funding to over 100 projects across the UK.
-
News
Liverpool kicks off regeneration of Anfield
Liverpool City Council has appointed a team to market and sell the plot of land next to Liverpool Football Club’s famous Anfield Stadium.
-
Insight
All eyes will be on Gove this year
The secretary of state for levelling up etc, Michael Gove, is going to loom large in the lives of property folk, planners and architects over the coming year.
-
News
Solvency II changes could see Legal & General commit £20bn to levelling up over next decade
Legal & General Capital (LGC) has predicted it will invest up to £20bn in projects to level up UK towns and cities in the next 10 year, if proposed Solvency II changes come into force.
-
News
DLUHC unveils £1.4bn North East devolution deal
A devolution deal for the North East, including a £1.4bn investment package over 30 years, has been presented by the government.
-
Insight
Has Gove got it wrong this time?
Readers of this column will know that I have a special place in my heart for that most agile and effective of ministers, Michael Gove.
-
News
DLUHC allocates £8m to speed up cladding repairs
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has dedicated more than £8m to council enforcement teams to hold building owners to account for cladding repairs.
-
News
Plymouth, Solent and Teeside freeports given final approval
Freeports in Plymouth, Solent and Teesside are now up and running after being given final government approval by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
-
News
Norfolk and Suffolk to gain greater building powers in £1bn devolution deal
The counties of Norfolk and Suffolk will gain the right to set building policy in a devolution deal revealed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
-
News
Michael Gove set to water down housing targets
Housing secretary Michael Gove is set to water down the government’s 300,000 new homes per year target following a Tory rebellion.
-
News
Greater building powers for Cornwall in £360m devolution deal
Cornwall Council is set to gain greater control over building policy in a devolution deal announced by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
-
Professional
Will the new levy be any better?
Currently in the report stage in the House of Commons, the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill proposes the replacement of both Section 106 planning agreements (S106) and the Community Infrastructure Levy with a National Infrastructure Levy, which would be paid by developers to local planning authorities.
-
News
Levelling up minister to step down as MP
Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison has announced she will be stepping down as an MP at the next general election.
-
News
Calls 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.
-
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.
-
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.
