by admin | 10 Jan, 2025 | News
ARCH has signed a joint letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, calling for a 10-year rent settlement for councils and housing associations that allows annual increases of up to CPI + 1% (Consumer Price Index) plus gradual...
by admin | 20 Dec, 2024 | News
The Ministry of Housing and Communities Local Government (MHCLG) and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) are jointly consulting on a package of reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime, which sets the rules covering the production of...
by admin | 20 Dec, 2024 | News
Ofgem is currently conducting two consultations on the future regulation of the heat network sector, for which it will be responsible. The heat networks regulation: implementing consumer protections consultation (published jointly with...
by admin | 19 Dec, 2024 | News
Following an inspection earlier this month, the Regulator of Social Housing has issued a C4 grading to Castle Point Borough Council. A C4 grading indicates that in the Regulator’s view, there are very serious failings in delivering consumer standards and...
by admin | 19 Dec, 2024 | News
On 10 December, Chancellor Rachel Reeves formally launched Phase 2 of the Government’s Spending Review, which will lead to the publication of Government spending plans for 2026-28 in a Spring Budget. The exact date is yet to be announced. The Treasury has...
by admin | 19 Dec, 2024 | News
On 16 December, the Government published an English Devolution White Paper which, it says, “initiates the biggest transfer of power out of Westminster to England’s regions this century”. It includes plans to extend the coverage of Strategic...
