Labour’s Lisa Nandy rejects rent controls as ‘short-term fix’
Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy’s comments mark a change from her previous support for rent freezes....
PMQs: Starmer attacks Sunak over ‘collapse’ in housebuilding
The Labour leader says Rishi Sunak is “shattering the dream” of those who want to own a home....
Wales basic income: Drakeford hopes pilot will continue
The scheme offering £1,600 a month to 18-year-old care leavers closes to new applicants this week....
Lords criticise University of East Anglia’s arts jobs cut plan
The University of East Anglia (UEA) aims to lose more than 30 academic posts....
Thames Water in urgent funding talks amid fears of collapse
Whatever happens to firm, which serves a quarter of the UK population, water supplies will continue as normal....
Johnson allies to be criticised over Partygate probe
Several supporters of the former PM took aim at the Commons committee that investigated him....
Daniel Korski pulls out of mayor race after groping claim
The Tory London mayoral hopeful denies assaulting novelist and TV producer Daisy Goodwin....
Daniel Korski: Daisy Goodwin makes formal complaint
Daisy Goodwin says she has reported Tory London mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski to the Cabinet Office....
Government ‘prepared for range of scenarios’ amid Thames Water collapse fears
It comes amid reports the company could be temporarily renationalised as struggles with its debts....
Matt Hancock criticises UK’s ‘body bag’ approach to Covid
Ex-health secretary says pandemic planning focused too much on burying dead rather than stopping disaster....