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Now we see the consequences of not reading the small print. Tucked away in plain sight in the Labour manifesto was a New Deal for Working People. And what nobody bothered to read was the bit that guaranteed that employees would have the right to ask for flexible working from…

The perks of being an MP, from VIP seats and free clothes to helicopter rides

JOHN Swinney confronted Angela Rayner over Labour’s cuts to pensioner benefits during a meeting in Edinburgh.

We are in desperate need of new homes — a fact on which Brits tend to agree. They tend to disagree, though, over where to put them, and these battles generally concentrate on the edges of cities. Take the Government’s new plan to build on grey-belt land — “poor quality…

Tories acuse London mayor of ‘unacceptably low’ levels of affordable housebuilding in capital

Labour’s proposals for reform are a start, but we need the system to be more ambitious, more imaginative and more proactive, says writer Phineas Harper

The election of the Labour government has been accompanied by a renewed appetite to deal with England’s housing crisis. Among the first of its policy initiatives, announced by deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, is the reintroduction of a national housing target – 1.5 million new homes over the period of…

We’re getting back the employment rights snatched by the Tories. That could change life for millions of people, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The planned move comes as part of the government’s plan to overhaul the planning system and build 1.5 million new homes by 2030