Free land for those who will build social homes on it. Is this the radical solution to the UK’s housing problem? | Phineas Harper
A bold south London initiative to give land to community groups rather than private developers could transform the systemLewisham council, in southeast London, is developing ambitious plans to transfer public land to community groups in an attempt to get…
The Guardian view on Grenfell prosecutions: at last, survivors have a date | Editorial
Prosecutors will decide who to charge within eight months. But ministers should also re-examine the lawPolice have at last asked prosecutors to consider charges relating to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. The suffering of those who survived or were…
Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate marketImages of an octogenarian being evicted from the home she had lived in for seven decades on a stretcher,…
Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?In May 2025, when Keir Starmer was still prime minister, Labour politicians, campaigners and journalists gathered at the Ministry…