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Islington wins legal battle over affordable homes

'This decision reinforces Islington Council’s long standing position that developers should abide by the councils’ ...

Housing Local Government

Government announces new approach to planning

'We are not attempting to micro-manage local development,’ claims communities secretary.

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How would Londoners plan London?

Some ideas for a more just city, by Richard Lee

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Is it time to think again about how we build?

To make the step change in the number of homes that we need to build ...

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Back to the future?

Now that the state has decided not to provide homes at subsidised rent and to ...

Housing

Innovating our way out of the housing crisis

The launch of New London Architecture’s exhibition of 100 Innovations in Housing is timely, given ...

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The Groucho Marx challenge for public services

People value quality relationships; they want them to be a core part of public services; ...

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Politicians must engage and empower communities

The contemporary political discourse about localism, decentralisation and economic growth all too often seemingly omits ...

Housing Regeneration

Meeting the housing needs of rural communities

For rural settlements to thrive there needs to be more than a grudging acceptance of ...

Communities

After the Twitterstorm…

Two recent examples in Sheffield show how social media can quickly mobilise and energise people’s ...