On 16 December 2014 the Committee held a pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred canditate for the post of Housing Ombudsman, Denise Fowler. On

The purpose of the report is to distil experience from this parliament and to assist the new committee in the next parliament. It considers how the Committee ap

This report follows up one issue left from the Committee's 2013 report on the Private Rented Sector (HCP 50, session 2013-14, ISBN 9780215060730): whether or no

The Government's policy of empowering people through Community Rights to save local assets from closure, build community housing, take over local authority serv

This report follows up our November 2014 report on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham and covers two matters: the role of Ofsted and Louise Casey's inspecti