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London's homelessness shame: 'People are sleeping in doorways in freezing cold', says Cabinet minister

Temperatures plunged to -2C in the capital early on Tuesday morning as arctic winds sweep across the UK

Evening Standard

New housing developments will get a ‘default yes’ if based near train stations

This amendment to the National Planning Policy Framework is among several measures the Housing Secretary is expected to announce on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Housing Secretary Steve Reed to give ‘default yes’ to developments near train stations

The Housing Secretary is set to announce changes that will make it easier to build on sites within 15 minutes’ walk of well-connected train stations.

Evening Standard

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London Muslim fun run ‘reviewing policies’ after over-12 girls ban sparks uproar

Communities Secretary Steve Reed ‘appalled’ by race that had excluded women in Tower Hamlets

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Minister compares Nigel Farage to Enoch Powell as he slams far-right’s ‘dogma of disruption’

Mr Powell, a Conservative MP, is widely remembered for his ‘rivers of blood’ speech

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage is ‘incarnation of Enoch Powell’s politics’, says minister

Business Secretary Peter Kyle hit out at the leader of Reform UK while speaking at the Co-operative Party conference.

Evening Standard

No-fault evictions to be banned from May, Government announces

Ministers will begin to roll out new renters’ rights protections including an end to bidding wars between prospective tenants.

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Steve Reed convenes Tower Hamlets envoys as concerns over council persist

Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment

Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building

The Guardian - UK

Councillors in England face suspensions for misconduct as part of government overhaul

Local authorities to be given powers to suspend rule-breaking officials and to withhold allowances

The Guardian - UK

Minister 'appalled' as London councillors stand in Bangladesh elections

Communities Secretary Steve Reed has written to Tower Hamlets Council

Evening Standard

Princess Beatrice lands new role as dad Andrew is stripped of royal titles

King Charles has given his niece, Princess Beatrice, a new role.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor urged by UK government to travel to US for Jeffrey Epstein grilling

After the ex-Duke of York was this week stripped of his royal titles by King Charles, disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been urged by the UK government to travel to the United States to answer questions about his “long-standing friendship” with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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David Lammy under growing pressure as new manhunt launched for foreign offender who strolled out of prison

Ola Abimbola, who is 21-year sentence for offences including kidnap, grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon in public, is being hunted by Sussex Police

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London families wait 18 years for council home as Government tells Sadiq Khan: 'Build, baby, build!'

Labour MPs spell out full extent of London housing crisis as 330,000 families seek permanent home

Evening Standard

Manhunt continues for wrongly released prisoner as pressure mounts on Lammy

Police are still looking for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif who was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

'Go to America,' Andrew told by Government he should face US grilling on links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

‘Any individual who can help with an investigation of that gravity should go and help if they can,’ says Communities Secretary Steve Reed

The Guardian - UK

Lammy promises ‘tough new release checks’ as missing prisoner arrested – as it happened

Accidental release of Brahim Kaddour-Cherif had added to pressure on justice secretary after similar incident involving Epping sex offender

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Social housing to see £7 billion boost as mayors urged to ‘go bold’ with plans

Local leaders in England will be able to specify the types of homes needed in their areas and which sites to prioritise for construction.

The Guardian - UK

MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime

Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatred

The Guardian - UK

‘Out of reach’: stalled newbuilds leave Labour’s social housing targets in tatters

As some families face a 200-year wait for an affordable home, what exactly has gone wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Business and charity leaders urge ministers to lead England’s transition to four-day week

Open letter signed by more than 100 leaders comes after local government secretary criticised a council for switching to shorter week

The Guardian - UK

Benefits of a four-day week are ever clearer, despite Steve Reed’s stance

Housing secretary’s criticism of trial in South Cambridgeshire council ignores its many positives

Evening Standard

Reed’s claims about Scottish water pollution could have misled public – watchdog

The SNP has now urged the former UK environment secretary to apologise.

Evening Standard

Council defends four-day working week after minister raises concerns

The leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council said her local authority remained ‘exceptionally high performing’ after instituting the change.

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