London Underground staff plan strikes in January. Here are the dates you need to know about December 22, 2023 Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action over a 5% pay offer.
The housing crisis will wage on if we don’t fix TfL’s funding problem January 22, 2024 Stop-gap funding for TfL is not only worsening London's transport system, but also its housing, writes Muniya Barua.
Ukraine war ‘second front’ as Putin moves to store nukes in Belarus March 27, 2023 The world should prepare for a “second front” to open up in the Ukraine war as Vladimir Putin moves to store nuclear weapons in Belarus. Russia’s president claimed he agreed with Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko to station tactical nuclear warheads on its territory. Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of “nuclear blackmail” and demanded an emergency [...]
Rayner property row a ‘storm in a teacup’, shadow minister suggests amid probe April 13, 2024 A shadow minister has dismissed allegations about Angela Rayner’s previous living arrangements as a “storm in a teacup” and rejected suggestions of “double standards” over her tax affairs amid a police investigation.
Liz Truss admits she should have met Andrew Bailey while in No10 April 21, 2024 Liz Truss has admitted she should have met with Andrew Bailey while she was in No10.
Tory MP sacked from government job for urging Rishi Sunak to back Gaza ceasefire October 30, 2023 Conservative MP Paul Bristow has been sacked from his government job after breaking ranks to publicly urge Rishi Sunak to push for a “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza.
New housing secretary must ease rental supply crisis, say UK landlords September 7, 2022 The new housing secretary’s first port of call must be to ease the rental housing supply crisis in the UK, according to a national body of landlords today. Freshly appointed Conservative party leader and prime minister Liz Truss yesterday outlined her cabinet, posting Simon Clarke as housing secretary. Chief executive of the National Residential Landlords [...]
Markets: Three things we learned this week May 5, 2023 This week the markets had a lot to digest, bumper energy profits, the tail end of the banking sector’s latest round of results, and a rate rise from the Federal Reserve. There was also some positive house price data, which gave the FTSE 100 a spring in its step. With Coronation weekend looming we take [...]
Homes close to new pylons to be offered £1,000 off bills a year November 19, 2023 Households closest to new pylons and electricity substations could receive up to £1,000 a year off their bills under plans being announced by Jeremy Hunt.
Gove’s housing plan is still stuck in a disjointed era of the suburbs vs the centre August 4, 2023 Even with a ‘bold plan’ for urban centres, Michael Gove’s housing plan doesn’t know how to connect the suburbs to the city, writes Jonathan Seager.