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Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

Labour’s long-standing housing spokesman, John Healey, has been moved to become shadow defence secretary on the front bench of new leader...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...

Labour’s housing spokesman, John Healey, has spoken out against the split in the party which has so far seen eight MPs...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour.  Under the...

Labour’s shadow housing minister John Healey is reported to be one of a number of prominent front bench opposition spokespeople being...

A trade publication claims the UK’s statistics watchdog is to hold talks with a Whitehall department about the government’s much-vaunted 'one...

Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

The Daily Mail has calculated which of the 13 housing ministers in office before this autumn has been the most successful,...

The long-awaited Redfern Review has recommended that improved access to mortgage finance and improved income levels for first time buyers are...

The Labour Party claims there has been a strikingly large reduction in the number of under-45s who own a home -...

In case you were wondering, it appears that the Labour party has still to find someone to replace John Healey as...

The haemorrhage of Labour spokespeople now includes the party’s respected shadow housing minister John Healey. His letter to party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

The timing of Labour’s housing review, which has until now been closely associated with John Healey, appears uncertain following the shadow housing...

As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...

The new shadow housing minister says Labour will build 100,000 new council houses and housing association homes a year with more...

The newly-appointed shadow housing minister says his first priority is to arrest the long-term fall in home ownership in Britain. John Healey...

John Healey - a former housing minister from when Tony Blair was prime minister - has taken the housing post under...