London looks to export council tenants
Newham council among those saying they can no longer afford to house residents owing to rising rents in the capital A number of London councils are planning to move housing benefit claimants outside the capital as cuts shrink the number of properties affordable to people on welfare, prompting fears that a policy to export poor residents of the capital will strengthen "divisive rightwing ...

Councils plan to move tenants out of London
Councils in London are increasingly looking at housing people on housing benefit in less expensive areas of the country as the coalition’s welfare reforms start to bite.

Government's Thames Tunnel safeguarding direction could be challenged
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) could face two judicial review challenges to its Safeguarding Direction, which requires local planning authorities to obtain Government authorisation prior to granting planning permission on specific 'Thames Tunnel' sites.