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Tayshan Hayden-Smith says Chelsea flower show celebrates ‘exclusivity over equity’ and he was naive to think he could bring changeA gardener and activist hired by the Royal Horticultural Society to help it reach out to younger and disadvantaged people …
Rebekah Shaman, of Protect Brockwell Park, took action against Lambeth council over number of large-scale eventsA campaigner who argued that music festivals held in a south London park unfairly cut off large sections of the space and made it a “mud bat…
Row breaks out in Marnhull, location used in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, over plans to build 120 homesThomas Hardy described his fictional village of Marlott as being in an “engirdled and secluded region, for the most part untrodden as yet by tourist or…
Parliamentary group launched alongside campaign for ‘play sufficiency duty’ that matches those in Wales and ScotlandUK politics live – latest updatesA duty to provide space for children to play on new developments should be embedded in planning law, MP…
Cash-strapped councils are running out of money to deal with rising numbers of people without permanent homes‘The room has started cracking’: concern at condition of stopgap housing in EnglandAcross England, more families than ever are being squeezed i…
What does it mean to be working class in Britain in 2025? Danny Lavelle reportsHow much does the way you speak define your social class? What about your parents’ jobs or your source of income, schooling and housing?The journalist and author Danny Lavel…
Exclusive: Half of local authorities in England charged double by landlords and hotel owners for temporary housing, investigation finds‘It feels very much like a prison’: inside a cramped Birmingham homeless hostelPrivate landlords and hotel owners are…
Campaigners condemn decision amid growing evidence of harm to health and climate from heating appliancesUK politics live – latest updatesWood-burning stoves will be allowed to heat new-build homes in England despite growing evidence showing their signi…
£1.5bn of funding has been granted to transform a hospital into a neighbourhood designed for people to thrive as they ageFuturistic planning for spaces where people can age well and live in an area designed for them to grow old in is accelerating in th…
Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producersBritain’s rural communities could be “destroyed”, the former government food tsar has said, if ministers sign a US trade deal that und…