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Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system
Planning

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill makes its debut in parliament with Labour promising it will pave the way to build 1.5 million homes and boost economic growth

Here’s how Labour can work with ‘NIMBYs’ to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Liz Williams

Here’s how Labour can work with ‘NIMBYs’ to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

Working with communities rather than alienating them is essential to delivering quality homes writes London School of Economics academic Liz Williams

Meet the 83-year-old activist who’s fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who’s fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Eileen Conn has been defending Peckham’s community and architecture for five decades. Now she is standing against developments that are allegedly slashing social housing from the London borough where she lives

Patrick Geddes saved Edinburgh from demolition. We’re still learning from him after 100 years
Edinburgh

Patrick Geddes saved Edinburgh from demolition. We’re still learning from him after 100 years

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?

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Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Housing

Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’

Labour must urgently tackle land banking to have any hope of solving UK’s housing crisis
Housing

Labour must urgently tackle land banking to have any hope of solving UK’s housing crisis

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how
Housing

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities
Town planning

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities

John Bird: Any cry to slow London’s pace of change has fallen on deaf ears
Opinion

John Bird: Any cry to slow London’s pace of change has fallen on deaf ears