UK minister working up plans for state-owned housing developer
Starmer promised to build 1.5m new houses over the course of this parliament but statistics show builders began work on…
Has Cornwall’s housing crisis created a van life generation?
8:31 Has Cornwall’s housing crisis created a van life generation? Cornwall’s housing crisis is forcing young people to live in…
Cross purposes: how the England flag got caught in a tug-of-war between rightwing nationalists and football fans
‘It’s to get the community together’ … the football-mad Kirby estate in Bermondsey, London. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianView image in…
‘The developers got greedy’: the women who took on the leasehold scandal – and won
‘The developers got greedy’: the women who took on the leasehold scandal – and won Katie Kendrick, Cath Williams and…
Division in UK probably worse now than in run-up to Brexit, says Kim Leadbeater
Jo Cox, 41 (pictured) had been an MP for just over a year when she was killed by a rightwing…
Helen Mirren and six Lionesses receive honours for King Charles’s birthday
Dame Helen Mirren has been made a Companion of Honour for services to drama. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/PAView image in fullscreenDame…
It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
‘It’s my pretend reality’ … Anders Fernstedt, a former journalist who has lived outside the property for three years. Photograph:…
Ministers could ban London councils ‘dumping’ homeless families miles away
Houses in Hartlepool. Some London families have been sent to the town, whose MP said the policy was increasing local…
Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away by London councils
Charities described the policy as ‘inhumane’ and accused councils of targeting vulnerable refugees who speak little English. Illustration: Guardian Design/Christopher…