Housing

The initiative aims to support UK mission to reduce energy bills, create green jobs, and advance climate action

Social housing in UK to have cleaner energy come new initiative

Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual Autumn budget to Parliament (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

UK families to get free cash as Household Support Fund is extended

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

'Lifestyle inflation' is to blame, according to 4,000 adults

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

Jess Phillips MP speaking at The Rally Against Violence Towards Women and Girls at Labour conference.

Minister says stopping VAWG should be everyone’s “core business”

A poll of 2,000 adults uncovered the top 50 things that irritate people when they’re trying to get on with their day

These are life's top 50 biggest inconveniences

Jackie Kennedy, is the only resident living in a 50-room care home after it closed down in 2023.

I live alone in abandoned care home - I feel like a "prisoner"

A poll of 500 adults who bought their first property have revealed their biggest regrets - including living in an area they do not love

First-time buyers reveal their biggest regrets

A house lies in ruins.

Footage shows house with front blown off after suspected gas explosion

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

Hillary and Franco McManus Omaze Million Pound House London winners inside their new £5m home

'Best wedding present ever': Newlyweds win a £5m Omaze dream home

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Half of renters endure cold, damp or mould - despite record high rents

Stephen and Michael Hirst admitted cheating the public revenue to the tune of £3.2 million for land they sold that later became Lofthouse Park. (pics by HMRC)

Greedy businessmen swindled £3.2 million after land sale

Rent increases are impacting the saving powers of four in 10 private tenants and now a third of these can't afford to put any cash aside as a result.

62% of UK renters put aside £100 or less each month

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I'm a mortgage expert - 9 pitfalls that first time buyers should avoid

People look at residential properties displayed for sale in the window of an estate agents' in London (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert tips for first-time homebuyers as mortgages jump 61% in 5 years
Experts believe homeownership is still achievable, despite ever increasing mortgage payments 🏠🌟
Alex Nelson

Karen Bishop, 51, with her 2-year-old French bull dog Drew outside the Travelodge in Norwich.

Watch: Disabled gran has lived in hotel for 2 years after flat blaze

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Destiny Mitchell, 26, is homeless and has turned a bus stop into a temporary home on the Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Watch: Our home is a disused bus shelter...it's going to be demolished

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6, 2023. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

King Charles & Queen Camilla criticised over gender pay gap to staff

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Rise in empty homes in Wakefield

Coun Cathy Scott, cabinet member for housing and democracy.

Kirklees Council tenants and leaseholders invited to have their say

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

The Real life roomset at IKEA in Bristol (photo: Tim Gander/PinPep)

‘Cramped and dangerous’ rooms coming to some Ikea stores - here’s why

Residents in some areas of Wakefield are living with higher levels of air pollution than their neighbours in other parts, official government estimates show.

Air pollution in Wakefield: the 18 neighbourhoods with the worst air quality

Cost of living is £630 more expensive per month for single Brits

Cost of living leaves single Brits paying up to £630 more per month
Ocean Finance’s research has uncovered that single Brits are paying, on average, an additional £7,564.50 more every year than people in a couple.
Beth Franklin

Housing homeless people in city centre hotels is ‘unfair’ on families who have to witness street drinking and drug taking, a councillor has warned.

Housing homeless in city centre hotels at £75 a night ‘unfair’ on families

UK sees biggest fall in housing prices since 2009 financial crisis according to Halifax report.

UK sees biggest fall in house prices since financial crisis

They come as Shelter called the situation across England and Wales “utterly awful and unacceptable”.

“Utterly awful and unacceptable” - Homeless deaths in Wakefield

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in March, refugees from the war have been invited to stay in the UK under the Ukrainian Sponsorship and Family schemes.

More refugee households face homelessness in Wakefield

Payment has generally happened automatically for those who pay their council tax bills by direct debit.

Every eligible household in Wakefield receives council tax rebate – despite mill...

Tenants in Wakefield were evicted from their homes dozens of times by landlords as the cost-of-living crisis hit people's wallets and energy prices rocketed.

Dozens of Wakefield tenants evicted as cost of living crisis hits home

More households were threatened with homelessness through no-fault evictions in Wakefield last autumn than before the pandemic.

More at risk of homelessness in Wakefield through no-fault evictions

Private parking fines to be capped at £50

Women are more likely to be affected by homelessness than men, a charity has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women more likely to be affected by homelessness than men, says charity

A planning application is likely to be submitted next year.

Plans to build new social housing near Fitzwilliam revealed amid chronic shortag...

Here are the rules for moving house during the second lockdown

Sheffield City Region Mayor Dan Jarvis. Photo: JPI Media

Deprived areas 'short-changed' by cut in Government coronavirus cash, says Dan J...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered members of the public to avoid travelling to work unless it was absolutely necessary (Getty Images)

Here's the latest guidance on whether you should go into work after the UK was p...

How one-in-four use money from families to buy their first home

Wakefield Council has launched its new Housing Plan to improve local housing over the next three years.

Ambitious new plan to improve housing in Wakefield launched

I would like to know which services youd prefer to use locally, says Peter Box.

Coun Peter Box asks: 'Accessible services — what are your views?'

Taking your pet abroad involves a lot of cost and consideration

Six things to consider before moving your pets abroad

Newspaper: Pontefract & Castleford Express.
Story: Plans for a new development off Flass Lane, Glasshoughton, which include 560 homes, is expected to be approved by Wakefield council.
L to R) Cllrs Denise Jeffrey, Kathryn Scott and Jacquie Speight.
Photo date: 26/08/15
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UPDATED - Up to 560 homes could be built on pit site within eight years

Newspaper: Pontefract & Castleford Express.
Story: Plans for a new development off Flass Lane, Glasshoughton, which include 560 homes, is expected to be approved by Wakefield council.
L to R) Cllrs Denise Jeffrey, Kathryn Scott and Jacquie Speight.
Photo date: 26/08/15
Picture Ref: AB190b0815

560 homes on pit site within eight years