From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The safety of high-rise buildings has been under the microscope since dozens of people lost their lives in the tragic Grenfell Tower blaze. The Government has now pledged to take fresh action to ...

Pay up, or we will force you to. That was the warning from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to developers back in January, when he said the construction industry had a moral duty and responsibility to ...

UK housing developers are to pay a further £3bn over 10 years through a new tax introduced by the government to stop leaseholders in buildings with flammable cladding from being billed with “crippling ...

"We are coming for you" - Michael Gove's warning to firms that cut corners, sought to profiteer and mis-sold dangerous products No leaseholder living in a building higher than 11m, around four to six ...

Simply sign up to the Property sector myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Homebuilder Ballymore has agreed to pay £20m towards fixing fire safety issues across its housing developments in ...

Up to £3bn of public money may have to be spent assessing and removing potentially flammable cladding from buildings in Scotland. New estimates from the Scottish government suggest up to 1,450 ...