It is clear that Labour cannot meet its housing ambitions just through planning reform. It is imperative that Andy Burnham uses time at the upcoming Labour Party Conference to back a targeted successor to Help to Buy – one that restores demand without repeating the shortcomings of the original scheme.

The Building Safety Act has raised standards for the right reasons, but to deliver the regime now needs greater predictability

The government has unveiled plans to unlock thousands of new homes in Norfolk through a new approach that ties housebuilding directly to large-scale nature restoration, in what is being billed as the first test of a significant shift in how planning and environmental protection work together.

The world’s rivers, ponds and wetlands are disappearing beneath concrete, and a team of international scientists says that the professionals designing our cities need to step up to stop it.