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Leigh Johnson to lead Barking Riverside as scheme prepares for 20,000 homes push

Leigh Johnson, currently regional development director for Wates Residential in London, has been app...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:54

Farage rebuke reignites row over asylum costs as Reform pushes stricter agenda

Nigel Farage’s terse rebuke of a senior figure within his own camp has thrust the asylum policy row ...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:52

Green leadership fight pivots from personalities to a battle over credible reform

The Green Party’s leadership contest has shifted from a simple clash of personalities to a broader d...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:51

Thames 'wet‑wipe island' of 180 tonnes excavated near Hammersmith Bridge

A congealed mound of discarded wet wipes and other debris — described by authorities as weighing rou...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 21:22

Police mass arrests in Parliament Square spark constitutional clash over proscription

Last Saturday’s operation in Parliament Square — which saw more than 500 people detained in the larg...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 13:25

Private investment and big commercial schemes lift construction starts but social housing lags

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Politics category • 2025-08-14 13:24

Pensioners’ fear of going out after dark spotlights security and cost‑of‑living squeeze

A survey released this week portraying Britain’s older citizens as increasingly frightened to ventur...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 05:10

Khan faces crisis as affordable homes fall far short of 2026 target

Sadiq Khan has been warned that London’s housing crisis is intensifying as the gap between his affor...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 05:09

TfL extends average‑speed cameras along A10 after fatal crash and injunction prosecutions

Transport for London has extended the average‑speed camera system on the A10 in north London to cove...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 05:07

Met urges refusal of Ilford alcohol licence after alleged unlawful shisha use

Met police urge Redbridge councillors to refuse Brothers Lounge alcohol licence amid shisha breaches...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 05:07

Surbiton swap: why a quieter commute and green space beat a Shepherd’s Bush flat for one Londoner

A 25-year-old woman, Alice Giddings, has swapped a cramped flat in Shepherd’s Bush for a more spacio...

Politics category • 2025-08-14 05:07

Chakrabarti warns Palestine Action ban could spark ‘I am Spartacus’ backlash

Baroness Shami Chakrabarti has warned that the government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action r...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:41

Ministers eye CKI as backstop buyer as Thames Water SAR planning accelerates

Thames Water’s future is once again being dictated in Whitehall, with CK Infrastructure (CKI) emergi...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:32

Barnes Bridge works to close Hounslow Loop for eight days, affecting Brentford match day travel

Network Rail has announced that South Western Railway services on the Hounslow Loop will be suspende...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:29

TfL plans £18 congestion charge and end to blanket EV exemption, sparking business and political backlash

Transport for London has unveiled a sweeping revision to the central London Congestion Charge, propo...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:28

Ombudsman finds systemic failures in window repairs that left children and vulnerable tenants at risk

The Housing Ombudsman’s latest “Learning from severe maladministration” publication lays bare a cata...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:27

Backlog at Building Safety Regulator leaves 18,000 homes in limbo as Gateway Two delays bite

A regulatory bottleneck cloaks hundreds of high‑risk housing schemes in uncertainty as the Building ...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:26

Five-year-old boy dies after falling from 15th-floor window as family allege ignored warnings

A five-year-old boy has died after falling from the 15th-floor kitchen window of his family’s flat i...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:24

Thirteen children’s deaths expose patchy window safety in rented homes

Thirteen children have died after falling from windows in rented or temporary homes in England betwe...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 06:28

Ministers must choose between legal duty and a Reform UK-style clampdown on asylum costs

Labour’s asylum policy has once again become a political football, with taxpayer-funded perks splash...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 00:58

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Leigh Johnson to lead Barking Riverside as scheme prepares for 20,000 homes push

Farage rebuke reignites row over asylum costs as Reform pushes stricter agenda

Green leadership fight pivots from personalities to a battle over credible reform

Thames 'wet‑wipe island' of 180 tonnes excavated near Hammersmith Bridge

Police mass arrests in Parliament Square spark constitutional clash over proscription

Private investment and big commercial schemes lift construction starts but social housing lags

Pensioners’ fear of going out after dark spotlights security and cost‑of‑living squeeze

Khan faces crisis as affordable homes fall far short of 2026 target

TfL extends average‑speed cameras along A10 after fatal crash and injunction prosecutions

Met urges refusal of Ilford alcohol licence after alleged unlawful shisha use

Surbiton swap: why a quieter commute and green space beat a Shepherd’s Bush flat for one Londoner

Chakrabarti warns Palestine Action ban could spark ‘I am Spartacus’ backlash

Ministers eye CKI as backstop buyer as Thames Water SAR planning accelerates

Barnes Bridge works to close Hounslow Loop for eight days, affecting Brentford match day travel

TfL plans £18 congestion charge and end to blanket EV exemption, sparking business and political backlash

Ombudsman finds systemic failures in window repairs that left children and vulnerable tenants at risk

Backlog at Building Safety Regulator leaves 18,000 homes in limbo as Gateway Two delays bite

Five-year-old boy dies after falling from 15th-floor window as family allege ignored warnings

Thirteen children’s deaths expose patchy window safety in rented homes

Ministers must choose between legal duty and a Reform UK-style clampdown on asylum costs

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