Housing
Housebuilders supply only half of promised nature-friendly features, survey finds
Developers in England deliver 53% of features such as trees and bird boxes demanded in planning permissions, study says
Patrick Barkham
12, Dec, 2024 @12:01 AM
Moby-Dick reading marathon pioneers | Brief letters
Brief letters: Stars reading a whale of a tale | Horrible Histories progenitor | Farage fallouts | For efts’ sake
11, Dec, 2024 @5:56 PM
Annual rent for newly let UK home £3,240 higher than 2021, research finds
Rents have risen by 27% since end of pandemic lockdowns, while earnings have increased by 19%
Joanna Partridge
11, Dec, 2024 @9:06 AM
England’s new towns must be walkable and green, say campaigners
Thinktank founder says recent attempts to build new towns are ‘depressing, unsustainable and stupid’
Helena Horton Environment reporter
11, Dec, 2024 @6:01 AM
Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
11, Dec, 2024 @5:01 AM
The five-minute city: inside Denmark’s revolutionary neighbourhood
While ambitious urban planners try to make 15-minute cities a reality, the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen has gone one better. What’s life like when everything you need is just a stroll away?
Steve Rose
10, Dec, 2024 @10:00 AM
Starmer says UK strengthening defence partnership with Saudi Arabia as charities criticise human rights record – as it happened
Amnesty International UK says prime minister needs to ‘challenge repression of human rights defenders’ as he meets crown prince
Andrew Sparrow
09, Dec, 2024 @6:05 PM
Labour’s ‘planning laws reform’ is really an attack on local democracy | Simon Jenkins
People should have a say in their surroundings. But in its bid to build 1.5m homes, the government has left them powerless, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
09, Dec, 2024 @4:18 PM
Cost of buying average home in England now unaffordable, warns ONS
Only richest 10% can afford to buy as figures show average household needs 8.6 times disposable income to meet asking price
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
09, Dec, 2024 @3:14 PM
Prioritise people’s needs ‘over newts’ in housing policy, says Angela Rayner
Housing secretary says wildlife should be protected but not at the expense of building the homes the country needs
Eleni Courea Political correspondent
08, Dec, 2024 @12:41 PM
Labour's big Farage problem has a simple solution: build, build, build | John Harris
It’s not immigration or lack of services fuelling Reform UK’s impressive gains in the polls, but lack of housing. Huge investment is needed now, says Guardian columnist John Harris
John Harris
08, Dec, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘Don’t dodge your responsibilities,’ Starmer warns English councils that block new homes
PM vows to overrule local authority heads who stymie housing revolution amid concerns from wildlife groups and Labour-run administrations
Michael Savage Policy editor
07, Dec, 2024 @8:00 PM
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