Tag: housing
Rebuilding for biodiversity
In Buxton, Mark Cocker spoke to local councillors Madeline Hall, Rachael Quinn and Keith Savage about how we rethink the future of brownfield redevelopment
Grenfell: dangers and economic pain endure for millions
Dermot Mckibbin reports on government foot-dragging on fire safety
The end of town planning as we know it
Duncan Bowie sees the latest Tory proposals for planning and housing development as a huge backwards step
In the wake of Grenfell
The Government has abandoned leaseholders as well as victims of the Grenfell fire, says Dermot McKibbin
Volume builders profiting from need
Dermot McKibbin on a tale of toxic leases and Tory inaction
Northumberland Notes
Craig Simpson on an English political microcosm
Northumberland serves as a microcosm of the English political landscape. Post-industrial, urban Labour strongholds, vanishing Lib Dem support,...
The Conservatives on housing
Duncan Bowie says look away if you don’t own your home
The big issue in the housing chapter of the manifesto is the proposal to...
The party politics of rent controls: a digest
The spectre of rent controls, that made a notable appearance at the beginning of last summer, has reemerged. A new set of surveys by...