REGULATOR OF SOCIAL HOUSING TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER REGULATION

LONDON, June 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Regulator of Social Housing has launched an independent evaluation to look at the impact of its consumer regulation. RSH wants to evidence what impact the reforms - introduced in April 2024 - have had for social housing tenants and landlords across England. RSH has appointed independent research consortium to carry out the evaluation comprising RAND Europe, Shared Intelligence and the Cambridge Centre for Ho...


DAWN AIREY CBE APPOINTED AS CHAIR OF ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND

LONDON, June 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Dawn has over 30 years of experience in the media and creative industries, holding senior leadership positions across major broadcasters. Her executive career includes serving as Chief Executive of Channel 5, where she was the inaugural Director of Programmes, and Managing Director of Channels and Services at Sky. She has also held roles as Managing Director of Global Content at ITV and Senior Vice President at Ya...


BOSS OF FIRM WHICH SPARKED ALMOST 38,000 COMPLAINTS OVER HIGH-INTEREST LOAN SPAM TEXTS BANNED AS COMPANY DIRECTOR

LONDON, June 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Leanne Richardson was the director of ESL Consultancy Services Ltd, which generated almost 38,000 spam text complaints * ESL Consultancy Services Ltd was fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) but went into liquidation without paying - the firm had hired another company to send the messages to up to 546,000 numbers a day * Richardson, of Horsham in West Sussex, has been banned as a co...


ENERGY SECURITY, JOBS AND INVESTMENT BOOST THROUGH CLIMATE ACTION

LONDON, June 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Families and businesses will continue to reap the benefits of the clean energy transition in the coming decades, as Britain steps up action to get offthefossilfuel rollercoaster * Government sets next achievable and pragmatic target for long-term emissions reduction, building ontheframework that has secured billions of privateinvestment and economic growth since2008, a"great British success story" * Moving at pa...


BRADFORD HOUSEBUILDER CHEATED CREDITORS BY SECRETLY TRANSFERRING COMPANY LAND TO HIS PARTNER

LONDON, June 2 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Ishfaq Hussain secretly moved £250,000 of development land out of a failing company leaving creditors with nothing * Hussain told investigators the land had gone to a stranger when it had gone to the mother of his eight children * He signed documents under a false name, denied it was him, and was caught on CCTV A Bradford housebuilder who transferred development land worth £250,000 out of his failing ...