Sadiq Khan has intervened in Wandsworth’s local plan, now the council needs to change course
The South London council’s local plan review will slow down development, reduce affordable housing and exacerbate London’s housing crisis, Worrall argues
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London’s Housing Crisis: The Boroughs That Are Building – and Those That Are Failing Us
London is in the grip of a housing emergency
Securonomics: Why Labour’s New Economic Model is Exactly What Britain Needs
If Britain is to regain its position as a world leader in innovation, industry, and growth, then it needs bold, intelligent economic thinking—not the tired slogans of economic nationalism.
Labour should scrap permitted development rights to tackle the housing crisis
Homes created under PDRs are also more likely to be in places with little access to green spaces, or in places with less access to public transport – compared to properties built with planning permission.
Mick Jagger Can’t Always Get What He Wants—But London Needs What He Opposes
Mick Jagger once told the world, “You can’t always get what you want.” He was right. The wealthy and connected shouldn’t get to block homes for the most vulnerable. It’s time for London to get what it desperately needs: housing, hope, and progress.
The Renters’ Rights Bill: Challenging the backlash from landlords
‘I certainly won’t shed a tear if the scales of England’s housing system […] start to tip back towards the one in five of us who rent our home.’
Conservative Lord accused of ‘staggering u-turn’ on renters’ rights
Renters’ Reform Coalition analysis found that one in three peers scheduled to speak in the debate were landlords themselves
Labour’s next challenge: delivering warm, climate resilient, and decent homes
To ensure warm, climate resilient and decent homes for all, Labour must start by setting out the funding necessary to deliver the warm homes pledge
Low-income households in UK worse off due to ‘sky-high’ housing costs
The Resolution Foundation has found that ‘sky-high housing costs’ outweigh the relatively low cost of food
Building 1.5 million homes: ‘It can be done – if we’re bold enough’
Starmer ‘is willing to stand up against populist trends to deliver on the big, difficult issues, and there’s none bigger than housing’.