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Features
London mayoral elections 2024: Sadiq Khan’s record on the built environment
What might a third term for the capital’s most powerful politician look like? Daniel Gayne considers the mayor’s record so far
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News
Khan commits to ending rough sleeping in London by 2030 if re-elected
Sadiq Khan to set aside additional £10m to tackle problem
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News
Starmer pledges ‘to build a new Britain’ and 'bulldoze' path through planning system
Labour leader unveils proposal to “bulldoze” the planning system and build 1.5 million homes in five years as party aims for decade in power
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News
Starmer to present ‘new towns’ plan as part of ‘national renewal’ strategy
Labour leader expected to loosen planning rules and incentivise ’Georgian townhouse-style’ design
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News
Emma Dent Coad to stand against Labour at next general election
The architectural historian, campaigner and former Labour MP will stand as an independent parliamentary candidate
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Opinion
Sunak’s speech revealed the Tories are bereft of ideas, but what does Labour have to offer?
All eyes will be on Labour during the coming week, but there is little so far to get architects and built environment professionals excited, writes Ben Flatman
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Opinion
Sunak’s net zero U-turn is about anything but the long-term
The prime minister’s insistence he can hit legally binding targets without imposing unreasonable costs on voters is a fig leaf for inaction, writes Thomas Lane
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Opinion
Our crumbling schools are just one more symptom of this government’s failure to plan for the future
We are paying the price for a lost decade of underinvestment and strategic drift on construction and the built enviroment, writes Ben Flatman
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Opinion
Day four at the Tory conference: Truss bets the bank on low tax and the magic money tree
Liz Truss is promising that reducing tax will magically reverse Britain’s economic decline but history suggests there are no easy fixes, writes Ben Flatman
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Opinion
Day three at the Tory conference: Rees-Mogg tinkers while business despairs
Government is ignoring the experts as uncertainty reigns and the business secretary promises more unwanted regulatory changes, writes Ben Flatman
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Opinion
Day two at the Tory conference: U-turns and Brexit cast shadow over growth agenda
The chancellor’s change of heart grabbed the headlines but yesterday saw rumours over HS2 dispelled, calls for more SME housebuilders and Lord Heseltine make a last stand for EU membership
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Opinion
Day one at the Tory conference: is levelling-up dead in the water?
Tax U-turns notwithstanding, ministers appear to be in denial about the radical shift in direction under Liz Truss, Ben Flatman reports from the Conservative Party conference
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Opinion
Britain is crumbling – politics needs to address the built environment
When will politicians start giving the built environment the attention that it deserves, asks Ben Flatman
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Blogs
Mayoral candidates given a grilling
BD reporter Elizabeth Hopkirk was at the London Citizens mayoral assembly, the largest live audience the candidates will face
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Blogs
‘I hear a train a comin’, it’s rolling round the bend......’
The relief of surviving another public meeting
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Blogs
Unfinished Spaces
Throughout history, architecture has been used as a symbolic tool by the powerful
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Blogs
Lessons from a transformer
Can a 100 year old large brick shed teach us how modern buildings should be constructed now?
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Blogs
UK should welcome talent from everywhere
New immigration rules could mean the UK loses some of its most skilled architecture students
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