Councils spend record £1.26bn a year on temporary housing
Expenditure was heavily concentrated in London, with £739m spent in 2024-25, but parts of England had also seen their spending...
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Why Britain’s empty pubs are prime targets for squatters
Goldenberg says the protracted process of gaining planning permission essentially “helps the squatters” because it means buildings are left vacant...
Beautiful UK seaside town from BBC Beyond Paradise where ‘nearly every home is empty’
The pretty UK seaside town will be familiar to many as the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbot in the...
