Hundreds of residents have been forced out of their homes because the ground in parts of Coalsnaughton, Clackmannanshire, has started to physically shift, sink and crack, prompting a major emergency response and a large‑scale investigation. Up to 97 homes have now been evacuated across Benbuck View, Dunmoss View, Nechtan Drive and Langour. Overnight sinking, raisedContinue reading “Residents Evacuated Due To ‘Ground Movement’”
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Hackney Council Is Behind On Housing Safety Checks After Restructuring
Thousands of renters around the borough have been impacted by Hackney Council’s public admission that the housing department’s internal reorganisation directly led to a high rise in past-due safety checks, especially electrical inspections. The restructure made an already serious backlog worse, pushing overdue electrical safety inspections from 15,000 to 18,000 homes. Officers admitted the backlogContinue reading “Hackney Council Is Behind On Housing Safety Checks After Restructuring”
Taking A Stroll Around Some UK Estates
So, as I stroll around the area where I live, I see homes that have been boarded up by the council, and nobody lives in them. I think to myself, ‘maybe they are doing them up for tenants,’ only to discover six months after that, they are still boarded up, and nobody lives in them.Continue reading “Taking A Stroll Around Some UK Estates”
POLL OF THE DAY
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of being a Leader in Name Only after No 10 sources told The Mail on Sunday the PM was being ‘bullied’ by the Treasury into introducing a mansion tax in the Budget. According to the source, the premier was opposed to introducing the measure, out of concerns it would generate negativeContinue reading “POLL OF THE DAY”
Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes
Residents living in the shadow of a cemetery where developers want to construct luxury homes over dead bodies have blamed their council of ‘taking them for fools’ after it emerged a full exhumation did not take place as promised. Calls are mounting to stop the council’s plans to build 20 homes over 11 ‘sacred’ gravestones, includingContinue reading “Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes”
Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel
Locals living in a lush Essex town have been left seething after a migrant hotel reopened. A hotel in Epping will house asylum seekers yet again, as Labour reopened the accommodation site after the last Conservative Government closed it. Two locals who live in the same street as the hotel, alleged that in May 2022,Continue reading “Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel”
The Council Tax Soars, But The Service Is RUBBISH
After millions were slapped with inflation-busting bills, struggling households will have to pay record amounts of council tax this year. Homes across England face paying an average of £2,280 after almost all town halls increased the tax by the maximum 5 percent allowed, official figures confirmed yesterday. It means rates for a standard Band DContinue reading “The Council Tax Soars, But The Service Is RUBBISH”
2035: Reduce Meat Consumption, Use Heat Pumps, And Drive Electric Cars
Advisors have cautioned that to meet Keir Starmer’s new climate objective, British citizens must purchase electric vehicles and heat pumps and even reduce their meat consumption. The prime minister said at the COP29 meeting in Azerbaijan that the UK will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035. He insisted it was possible toContinue reading “2035: Reduce Meat Consumption, Use Heat Pumps, And Drive Electric Cars”
Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’
Labour will overhaul planning rules to build the ‘biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation’, the Deputy Prime Minister has said. Angela Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, said delivering the homes at scale is her ‘No 1 priority’ after accusing the previous government of giving up on building. Echoing the Chancellor’sContinue reading “Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’”
Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’
Rachel Reeves has said that Labour could alter planning rules to allow hundreds of thousands of vital homes to be built on the ‘Green Belt. The shadow chancellor said the party would look at reclassifying protected land as ‘brownfield’ sites ripe for development under a ‘common sense approach’ if elected. It comes as all theContinue reading “Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’”
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