Housing

Rydal Mount (Credit: Ashdown Jones, The Lakes and Lune Valley)

William Wordsworth's Victorian cottage on Lake Windermere up for sale

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

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien has been given a top job in the Conservative's new shadow cabinet.

Harborough MP Neil O'Brien appointed shadow education minister

Work has begun on the controversial new Gartree super-prison, near the current HMP Gartree prison. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Work begins on controversial new Gartree 'super-prison' near Harborough

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

First-time buyers have revealed their biggest regrets, including settling for an area they don’t love and not using a mortgage broker.

Oliver Lewis

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

(Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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

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

(Photos: Getty Images/LinkedIn)

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

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

Gartree 2

Windows on new prison 'will stop inmates receiving contraband by drone'

(Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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

Protest banner outside Gartree Prison. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Detailed plans revealed for controversial Gartree 'super prison' near Harborough

The prison has been given the green light

Calls for urgent meeting with Secretary of State about 'super prison'

Michael Gove recently approved plans for the super prison

Michael Gove to visit Harborough weeks after giving green light to super prison

Leicester has an unmet need for more than 18,000 homes

Harborough has no duty to build extra homes from Leicester's overspill, says MP

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

King Charles and Queen Camilla have been criticised after new figures revealed a huge gender pay gap between staff.

Sam Johnson

The proposals would increase Harborough's future housing numbers by a quarter.

Harborough MP calls to reject plans to take on Leicester's housing overspill

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

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

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

More refugees due to stay with hosts in the Harborough district have arrived in the UK in the last month.

More Ukrainian refugees set to be welcomed to the Harborough district

Harborough District Council if going ahead with a scheme to build nine self-contained flats on Roman Way for people in urgent need and to help prevent homelessness

Council steps up plans to create new homes for homeless people in Harborough

Harborough District Council has been handed £125,000 to enhance the public’s ability to have their say on local planning issues using cutting edge technology.

Harborough council handed £125,000 to allow more people to have their say on loc...

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 giant £1 billion scheme to build almost 3,000 homes at Lutterworth is now set to power forward after the Government has decided not to review it.

Giant £1 billion scheme to build almost 3,000 homes at Lutterworth is now set to...

Here are the rules for moving house during the second lockdown

South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa is urging the Government to urgently review the massive £1 billion Lutterworth East housing scheme to build almost 3,000 homes.

MP urges Government to urgently review plans for 3,000 homes near Lutterworth af...

Alberto Costa, MP for South Leicestershire, has issued a survey to almost 5,500 households in Lutterworth and the surrounding villages asking for their views on the new Lutterworth East development.

Plans for thousands of homes in Lutterworth could be reviewed as MP raises conce...

Market Harborough Leisure Centre.

What's next for Harborough’s leisure centre - refurbished or knocked down and re...

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...

Harborough District Council leader Cllr Phil King.

'Affordable housing is the number one priority for Harborough in 2020' says coun...

The leader of Harborough District Council has made affordable housing his overwhelming priority in 2020.

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