From 1h agoKey events34m agoSunak claims government’s housing policy ‘not protectionist’46m agoHouseholds in temporary accommodation in England up 10% in past year, hitting record at 104,510, figures show1h agoPlan to replace gas boilers with heat pumps should be reviewed, says Gove1h agoGove to holiday on Greek island as he says travel to region is safe1h agoGove says 2030 ‘immovable’ date to ban new petrol cars sales as MPs tell Sunak to halt ‘mixed signals’ on climate policyFilters BETAKey events (5)Michael Gove (4)34m ago05.25 EDTSunak claims government’s housing policy ‘not protectionist’
Rishi Sunak has insisted that the government’s approach to housing, set out most recently in a major speech by Michael Gove yesterday, is not protectionist. Writing in the Times, he says:
Meeting our one million homes target is just a stepping stone. To support more families to form and grow we need to continue with our plan to keep building. But this is not about uncontrolled development of the countryside. It is not just about more homes of any kind, anywhere, no matter what communities think. Homes must be built in the right places, where it makes sense. Communities must have a say …
Our approach is not protectionist, it’s targeted. More homes in the places where people want and need them.
42m ago05.18 EDTMembers of the Society of Radiographers who are on strike at 37 NHS trusts in England today, on the picket line outside the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton, south London, this morning. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PAUpdated at 05.45 EDT46m ago05.14 EDTHouseholds in temporary accommodation in England up 10% in past year, hitting record at 104,510, figures show
The number of households in temporary accommodation in England is at the highest level since records began 25 years ago, PA Media reports. PA says:
As of 31 March this year, 104,510 households were in temporary accommodation, up 10% from the same point last year, according to homelessness statistics released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Compared with the previous quarter, the number of households in temporary accommodation increased by 4%.
This latest figure surpasses a previous high of 101,300 reached in 2004, and is the highest among all the government figures available since 1998.
Updated at 05.15 EDT1h ago05.04 EDTPlan to replace gas boilers with heat pumps should be reviewed, says Gove
Here are the main quotes from Michael Gove in his morning interviews on net zero issues.
Gove, the levelling up secretary, called for a review of the proposed timetable for the replacement of gas boilers with heat pumps. Under the proposals, the installation of gas boilers in newly-built homes is meant to stop from 2025, and all gas boiler installation is meant to stop in homes from 2035. But Gove said the timetable needed to be reviewed. He told Times Radio:
That is one area where I do think we need to review. It is important that new homes meet…
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