13 h. ago Housing minister confronted over safety of new homes in Grenfell grilling

Housing minister Alex Norris, who was grilled on the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, said safety is 'in contest with' Labour's target to build more homes

Politics

25 h. ago New homes could 'destroy' Salford community, resident claims

Plans to build new homes in the borough were approved in March.

Politics

46 h. ago Residents' fury over plans to build huge 'Muslim cemetery' behind their homes

Pendle Council this month submitted designs for a huge £4.4million burial ground to be built on fields in a residential area of Nelson, Lancashire.

Politics

65 h. ago 'We've been thrown to the wolves': Families facing homelessness after council announces they are bulldozing their building to make way for £700k seaside flats

EXCLUSIVE: Desperate families living in a rundown block of flats are fuming at being evicted so they can be turned into luxury apartments with stunning sea views.

Society

2 d. ago Take the roof off: outside meets inside in a radically artistic Italian home

A creative couple’s house in the Romagna countryside is where sculptural simplicity meets curated eclecticismTucked into the rolling hills between Bertinoro and Cesena, Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba’s home is not just a place to live, it is a testament to the seamless fusion of art, nature and design. For the celebrated sculptor, artist and designer, whose whimsical creations have captivated the design world, this sanctuary is both a refuge and a continuous source of inspiration.“When I first visited the land, I was struck by its natural beauty,” he recalls. “The terrain had a peculiar shape – an almost perfectly rectangular hilltop. As I explored, two roe deer wandered past, an almost magical encounter. That was the moment I knew I would build my home-atelier right here.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Energy bills could finally be cut in welcome news for households says forecast

The energy price cap is set to be cut this summer in a much-needed boost for households already struggling with the cost of living crisis, according to new forecasts

Science

4 d. ago Incredible barn conversion in Wales' most expensive county that will take your breath away

Arguably the most stunning transformation from listed building to stunning home currently on the market

Politics

4 d. ago More and more children facing homelessness as city's housing crisis grows

The council has taken a number of steps to try and turn things around.

Society

5 d. ago Private landlord scheme is helping fight Edinburgh housing crisis: Major benefits for owners who sign up

The City of Edinburgh Council’s Private Sector Leasing (PSL) scheme is an initiative to create much-needed emergency housing while providing landlords with guaranteed, long-term rental income.

Events

5 d. ago How to fix a housing crisis: building alone won't help affordability or end homelessness in London

It’s true that too few homes are being built in London but without making it easier to buy too, developers will never build at scale

Events

5 d. ago London's housing crisis is harming generations — so how could we fix it?

A £2bn funding boost for new homes in England was announced this week ahead of today’s spring statement but the housing market’s problems run deep. Here’s an overview of where we are and how we got there

Events

5 d. ago Grand Designs fans brand home 'the worst in show's history' after couple take three yeasrs to complete £465,000 floating house made of polystyrene

Wednesday's episode featured architect Howard and his interior designer wife Sarah, as they set out to build a radical floating home on a tidal estuary near Worthing.

Economics

6 d. ago The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self

The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks?The trap was laid in a rented office: two rooms in downtown Copenhagen, furnished without a whisper of Scandi style. If it wasn’t for a Frida Kahlo print on one wall, the premises might have felt as impersonal and stark as a confessional. That, in any event, was what it became. For six months, beginning in mid-2022, a parade of people – members of motorcycle gangs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, real-estate barons, politicians – trooped through to recount their sins to Amira Smajic. They didn’t come for expiation. They knew Smajic to be one of them – an outlaw, and in her particular case, a business lawyer so skilled at laundering money that she’d enabled a couple of billion kroner in financial crime over the previous decade. They called her the Ice Queen, because she showed not a flicker of regret for what she d...

Politics

6 d. ago Nearly 50 new homes planned for Cumnock as former transport depot earmarked for development

Livingston-based firm, Rosewood Homes & Properties Ltd, hope to build new homes at the site, along with the construction of roads, footpaths, car parking and drainage.

Politics

6 d. ago Labour on course to MISS 1.5million  homes target despite making it easier to to build on the Green Belt

The Chancellor insisted she was within 'touching distance' of hitting the target after the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast 1.3million homes would be built by the 2029-30 financial year.

Events

6 d. ago Moment Grand Designs architect starts building show's most ambitious project yet out of a very surprising material

Architect Howard and interior designer Sarah set out to build a radical floating home on a tidal estuary near Worthing in the new series of the Channel 4 show.

Events

7 d. ago Good morning Britain – prepare to be told yet again that decline is all you deserve | Owen Jones

It’s Groundhog Day: the party may change but even under Labour, the script remains stubbornly the sameIt is time to resuscitate Margaret Thatcher’s catchphrase: “There is no alternative.” With a twist, of course. Back then, “Tina” was deployed in favour of an economic model that gave us badly distributed low growth, shambolic rip-off privatised utilities, a housing crisis and social insecurity. It is now devastatingly clear that there is no alternative to discarding this failed experiment.Yet this week, our supposedly Labour chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will take a scalpel to departmental budgets already devastated by 15 years of austerity. Our government has robbed most pensioners of the winter fuel payment, and announced £5bn worth of cuts to disability benefits, which strip support from citizens unable to independently clothe themselves, or who need an aide to use the toilet. By the time of the next election, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, all households will have suf...

Politics

7 d. ago Housing crisis spurs alternatives to building homes, from 3D printing to walls made from hemp

Businesses and lawmakers are trying to address the U.S. affordable housing crisis by turning to alternative ways to build homes

Events

7 d. ago Chancellor's £2bn housebuilding boost welcomed as charities urge for majority to be social homes

The investment is aimed at helping to fulfil the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years.

Society

7 d. ago Reeves offers £2bn affordable housing boost ahead of sweeping cuts to public services

Investment is aimed at helping to fulfill government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years

Economics