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Airbnb says home-sharing shouldn't be exclusive to homeowners
The short-term rental company wants more tenants to be able to host their homes to guests for supplemental income, not just homeowners.
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Green Party promises '150,000 more council homes every year' as they launch local election campaign
The Green Party has launched its local election campaign in Bristol with party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsey focusing on a series of policies designed to help councils increase the supply of affordable housing.
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Green Party kicks off its local election campaign in Bristol - full speeches
The Green Party has launched its local election campaign in Bristol with party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsey focusing on a series of policies designed to help councils increase the supply of affordable housing.
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Green Party launches local campaign with plea for more affordable homes
The Green Party has called for more affordable housing as it launched its local election campaign on Thursday in Bristol.
Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay announced a series of policies designed to help councils increase...
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Andy Burnham launches his 2024 mayoral campaign
Andy Burnham launches his 2024 mayoral campaign for Greater Manchester. Mr Burnham gave his address in Salford.
Mr Burnham promised to further integrate Manchester's bus services, as well as continue his scheme for tackling...
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Record level of children and adults in emergency accommodation
A record number of 13,841 people were accessing emergency homeless accommodation by the end of February, according to the latest figures.
This includes 4,170 children – also the highest number ever recorded.
The children come from...
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Sleeping-in-cars plan for workers roils desert resort city
The two-year Safe Place to Park program would provide a legal parking area for up to 40 Sedona employees living in their vehicles.
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New Fine Gael leader says relationship between coalition leaders is 'key to success and stability'
New Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said he will meet members of the parliamentary party to “take stock of where they are at”.
Mr Harris also said that the relationship between the three coalition leaders is the “key to the success...
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Daily politics briefing - March 20
All the latest political developments, as Whitehall's spending watchdog finds the Government's asylum housing plans are to cost millions.
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Sadiq Khan launches Mayor of London re-election campaign
The London mayoral election is “a choice that will determine if London’s brighter days are ahead of us or behind us,” Sadiq Khan said.
Ending his speech at his campaign launch, he said the contest would be a “two-horse” race and the...
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Starmer helps Khan launch Mayor of London re-election campaign
The London mayoral election is “a choice that will determine if London’s brighter days are ahead of us or behind us,” Sadiq Khan said.
Ending his speech at his campaign launch, he said the contest would be a “two-horse” race and the...
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Helen Morgan delivers a speech at the Liberal Democrat's spring conference
Liberal Democrat local government spokesperson Helen Morgan delivers a speech at the Liberal Democrat's spring conference.
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Leo Varadkar says meeting asylum seekers sleeping in tents ‘won’t change situation’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he has “no difficulty” in meeting asylum seekers who are sleeping in tents in Dublin but said he did not believe it would “change the situation”.
He said he was aware of the number of people who had...
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Homeless residents in a suburb of Seattle struggle with camping ban
A suburb of Seattle, once considered affordable, is now a microcosm of the homeless crisis in America.
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Household Support Fund kept me afloat, says former nurse after scheme extension
A former registered NHS nurse who can no longer work due to a disability has said she would be “at rock bottom” without the Household Support Fund, which was extended for six months in the spring Budget on Wednesday.
Shirley Widdop, 56,...
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Angela Rayner sets out Labour's plans if she becomes 'deputy prime minister for the north' – full speech
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner speech at the Convention of the North, an annual gathering of Northern business, political and civic leaders, including mayors of northern cities, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds
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Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner visit housing estate in Shropshire
Sir Keir Starmer talks up Labour’s housing pledges on a visit to the West Midlands, promising it would deliver a “future built in Britain, by Britain, for Britain” if it wins power.
The Labour leader and deputy leader, Angela Rayner,...
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Starmer says Labour will take 'tough decisions' on housing
Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, says his party will take 'tough decisions' on housing while speaking to broadcasters on a visit to the West Midlands.
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Government considering opening Community Recognition Fund to new applicants - Varadkar
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that the government will consider opening the 50 million euro Community Recognition Fund, launched last year, to new applications.
“We have a Cabinet sub-committee on Ukrainian migration in the last week...
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Starmer pledges better mental health provision and more doctors to boost NHS
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer answers questions from students from Greater Manchester during a question and answer session hosted by the Manchester Evening News.
He talks about his short term aim to improve mental health services...
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Integration minister Roderic O'Gorman discusses immigration into Ireland
Interview with Integration minister on the topic of immigration into Ireland.
Roderic O'Gorman talks about the steps that need to be taken for the process to happen quicker and more effiicently.
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Gove announces plans to allow councils to block housing on the greenbelt
Michael Gove announces plans to make it easier for councils to veto new developments on the greenbelt to tackle the UK’s housing crisis.
In his address at the Royal Institute of British Architects in central London, he announced a...
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Lee Rowley gives statement on long-term plan for housing - full speech
Housing minister Lee Rowley gives a statement in the Commons on the long-term plan for housing.
He says the Government wants to build more homes "in the right places, more quickly, more beautifully and more sustainably."
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Ed Miliband on Labour's pledge to insulate 19 million homes
Shadow Energy Secretary Ed Miliband visits a new housing estate in Rugby to pledge a Labour government would insulate 19 million homes across Britain if they gain power.