She said: “I don’t know if my Mancunian accent will help, as opposed to the minister (Matthew Pennycook) who answered this question just a moment ago, the OBR scored the NPPF changes we’ve ...

A requirement for communities to be consulted on major infrastructure projects before planning applications are submitted will be scrapped under proposed changes to flagship reforms. The ...

In a written statement on Wednesday, housing minister Matthew Pennycook said: “The Government has concluded that these statutory requirements, absent from other planning regimes, including those ...

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Liberal Amarjeet Sohi’s attempt to return to Ottawa wound up falling short, with the mayor and former MP losing in Edmonton Southeast to Conservative candidate and lawyer Jagsharan Singh Mahal.

He was handed a one-game suspension by the NHL's Department of Player Safety. Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk received a five-minute major for interference for a late hit on Tampa Bay star Jake ...

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook refuted the accusation that the government will miss its target of building 1.5 million new homes over the next five years. During Commons questions for the Ministry ...

Mark Carney may have grown up in Edmonton and was a goalie on the St. Francis Xavier hockey team, but he couldn’t backstop the Liberals to a big gain in the Alberta capital. While the Liberal ...