In response to the Government’s White Paper on Housing, John Healey – Shadow Secretary for Housing – said, “so if Theresa May wants to meet her pledges to the country, and to ‘just about managing families’ in particular, a big part of the answer is simple – let councils build…

Housing insecurity has a profound effect on every aspect of our society, increased anxiety of the workforce in the workplace, a derogatory impact on people’s mental health, instability for children and young people, a rising housing benefit bill, less money in people’s pockets to spend within their local economies. It’s…

Our Tory government has shamefully neglected the country’s housing needs.  Millions are now forced to live in overcrowded conditions with several generations sharing one house.  People sofa-surf in friends’ houses.  Thousands are forced to live on the streets or at best, in hostels. Tenants live with the nightmare of not…

Councillors were informed that by 2019/20, the target for student numbers across both the Penryn and Falmouth campuses is 8,628 which is an increase of 2,296 on the confirmed numbers for 2015/16. Under the universities’ planning consent for the Penryn campus there is a cap of 5,000 students and as…

Letter to Cllr John Pollard, the Leader of Cornwall Council, from Cllr Candy Atherton’s with her concerns about the Housing Crisis in Falmouth I am writing concerning growth at Falmouth and Tremough.  I am writing in a personal capacity but believe these views would be widely supported in the town…