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Exclusive: Campaigners concerned that opposition from Tory MPs is delaying legal protections for rentersMillions of people living in damp and run-down properties are suffering worsening mental and physical health due to delays passing crucial reforms i…
Exclusive: Sir John Leighton says galleries still need to broaden audience beyond Edinburgh middle classes and touristsScotland’s national galleries, which house some of the country’s greatest works of art, need to do far more to make themselves access…
The unequal battle between major developers and cash-strapped councils means the reach of town hall enforcement officers is decliningThe decision by the Royal Borough of Greenwich to say enough is enough and order the demolition of 204 homes at the Mas…
Thinktank Create Streets calls for people to be allowed to grow plants and trees in barren urban areasA right to plant and grow trees and other greenery in public spaces should be given to people across Britain, an adviser to Michael Gove has said.Nich…
Homeless charity Crisis says thousands of people stuck in unsuitable temporary accommodation could be given a home if politicians took stronger actionAlmost a quarter of a million properties in England have been left empty for months, according to new …
Ex-PM says Grenfell Tower disaster unfolded because action was not taken despite tenants raising safety concernsUK politics live – latest updatesSocial housing tenants were viewed by some in the Conservative party as “second class citizens”, Theresa Ma…
Correspondence shows nature watchdog had recommended that housebuilders pay for pollutionUK politics live – latest updatesThe government ignored its nature watchdog’s advice in weakening rules on pollution from housebuilders in England, the Guardian ca…
Exclusive: Create Streets proposes building on Britain’s ‘road belt’ rather than its green belt amid housing crisisNeedlessly wide roads should be torn up and replaced with boulevards of new housing, a thinktank led by the UK government’s most senior u…
Report says homelessness is worsening across EU and UK, with only Denmark and Finland making progress Almost 1 million people are homeless on any given night across Europe, a new report has estimated. Continue reading…
Cost doubles in some poor urban districts, driven in part by mortgage rate rise, UK-wide study showsPeople living in the most deprived areas of Britain have seen their rents increase by 52% over the past four years – while for tenants in the wealthiest…