News story: Royal Navy ship set for Australia, Defence Secretary reveals
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed that HMS Sutherland will visit Australia in the New Year as part of her Asia Pacific deployment. read more
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Brexit studies must give people the facts
David Davis has written to the Brexit Committee admitting the impact assessments they are being provided with, won’t contain anything that might be commercially sensitive. Go to Source Author: read more
The fall in new social rented homes is a result of seven years of Tory failure on housing – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, commenting on new Government statistics showing a 98 per cent fall in new social rented homes, said:
“After seven years of Tory failure on housing, homelessness has doubled, home-ownership has fallen to a 30-year low and the number of new genuinely affordable homes being built has fallen off a cliff.
“These shocking new figures show that in the six months before the Chancellor’s so-called ‘housing Budget’, the number of new Government-funded homes for social rent fell by 98 per cent compared to Labour’s last year in office.
“It’s time Ministers supported Labour’s plan to build 100,000 low-cost homes to rent and buy a year, including backing councils to build again.”
read moreChina vs Trump could give rise to conflict in Pacific: Paddy Ashdown speech in Hong Kong
Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong today, Paddy Ashdown, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, will warn that the rising power of China will come into conflict with the United States as they falter under Trump. Go … read more
Press release: Flood barrier drop-ins for residents
The Environment Agency has developed deployment plans for temporary barriers in two new communities in the north east. read more