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Planning policy

February 2025

  • A large crowd of protesters holding placards including one that reads 'Say no to Chinese super embassy; Chinese embassy spy headquarters'

    Hundreds protest against Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in London

  • A resident of Moorland is rescued from her home during flooding in Somerset.

    More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones

  • Large off-white building behind fence with grass and tree in foreground

    Protesters to rally in London before China ‘super-embassy’ decision

  • Parents and children from St Peter’s primary school in Belgravia, with the Clermont Hotel behind them, where children have to play in an area of 170 sq metres.

    Anger as council prioritises London hotel view over playground plan

  • Planners recommended against nuclear plant in 2019 citing fears for Welsh language

  • Council set to drop Essex wildlife site from housing plan after eight-year fight

  • What are small modular reactors and why does UK want to build them?

  • Keir Starmer unveils plan for large nuclear expansion across England and Wales

  • McDonald’s accused of tough tactics in fights with councils over new branches

  • How Labour can make homes more affordable

  • Observer comment cartoon
    Chris Riddell on Rachel Reeves’ burnt offerings to the golden calf of growth – cartoon

  • Campaigners hail ‘important victory’ in protection of England’s national parks

January 2025

  • Aerial view of wind turbines and farmland near Leeds

    Land use plan for England to map best areas for farming and nature

  • Rachel Reeves delivers her speech on economic growth

    The Guardian view on Labour’s growth plan: a long list but a shallow argument

  • A reusable fabric tote bag

    Brief letters
    Tote couture? My old bag’s a classic

  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Reeves’s growth plans ‘exactly what economy needs’ say UK business groups – as it happened

  • Will Rachel Reeves’s plan for economic growth work?

  • Reeves plans to create ‘Silicon Valley’ between Oxford and Cambridge

  • Full Story
    LA fires: how can we stop it happening here? – Full Story podcast

  • Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market

    George Monbiot
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