Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gerri Bird, a Labour councillor overseeing housing, thinks the new group is a good idea [Elliot Deady/BBC] Defects to council ...

The nation’s biggest homebuilders are facing a reckoning over alleged construction defects, as costly lawsuits pile up from homeowners claiming their newly built houses are literally falling apart.

In Into Nominee One Limited v Study Group UK Limited, the High Court confirmed that the existence of cladding defects, which would take some years ...

Many small firms say they won't be able to afford the mandatory insurance, with one industry body warning some will quit altogether.

Gerri Bird, a Labour councillor overseeing housing, thinks the new group is a good idea Defects to council homes built within the past 10 years will be investigated by a new group of tenants and ...