Criticising Israel doesn’t mean we are antisemitic Letters: Readers respond to an article by Jonathan Freedland about antisemitism in Britain in relation to Israel’s war on Hamas The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday briefing: Everyone claims to back a ceasefire in Gaza. But what are they really saying? In today’s newsletter: As Israel’s position weakens on the international stage, differences in language between different ceasefire calls tell a complicated story The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Almost a third of Tory MPs trying to weaken tenant protection bill are landlords Analysis shows 14 landlord MPs are among the 47 backbenchers who have signed amendments to bill The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Michael Gove failed to register hospitality with donor whose firm he referred for PPE contracts Exclusive: Gove enjoyed VIP hospitality at football match with owner of company awarded £164m of contracts after Gove’s referral The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Are the new government rules on short-term lets just "more hot air" for London's renters? Homeowners who rent out their homes for more than 90 days a year will need to seek planning permission, but London already caps short term lets at that limit Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2024
The right to roam … but you have to trespass to get there. England’s countryside rules are truly absurd It is a scandal that 2,500 beauty spots are designated as places to walk and enjoy, but no one can legally reach them except the landowners, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024
AirBnB-style short-term lets to require planning permission under new plan to ease housing crisis The rules would not to apply to people renting out their main home for 90 days or less in a year Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2024
OPINION - Britain has stopped building beautiful and the carbuncle known as the South Bank Slab is a new London low The curious thing about the development known as The Slab, which is to replace the unprepossessing ITV block on the South Bank, is that no one other than the developers has a good word to say for it. Yet Michael Gove approved it last week. The Mayor supported Lambeth council’s… Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2024
Inter Faith Network headed for closure as Gove ‘minded to withdraw’ funding Row over religious cohesion charity’s appointment of trustee with links to Muslim Council of Britain The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024
We must unlock a build-to-rent revolution in London to help house our young people Planning reform is urgently needed before Michael Gove’s stark warning about the threat to democracy comes true Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024
Comment: 'Building on the green belt is a political grenade. Gove should have pulled the pin' Gove’s consultation for building on brownfield and more office-to-resi conversions will barely scratch the surface of the housing crisis Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024
'An insult': Sadiq Khan under fire over 2.8% progress on latest affordable housing programme A spokeswoman for the mayor promised that the programme’s delivery would ‘ramp up’ over the coming months Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2024
Oxford Street clash between M&S and Michael Gove reaches the High Court Flagship store planning dispute could end in the departure of one of the famous shopping street’s biggest names Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2024
Sunak reveals plan to boost brownfield homebuilding in England Measures would include making it easier to get planning permission to build on derelict sites in urban areas The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024 Michael Gove says no-fault evictions will be banned this year UK housing minister promises section 21 evictions in England will have ended by time of general election
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024 Gove says Sunak was right to attack Labour U-turns after trans jibe criticism The PM’s comment, made while the mother of murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was in Parliament, sparked a backlash.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024 Local authority leaders criticise Sunak’s call for ‘restrained’ council tax rises Prime minister’s comments ‘remarkable’ given government cuts to town hall funding in England, say LGA bosses
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024 Kemi Badenoch says death threats intensified after Nadine Dorries book Business secretary says conspiracy theory about ‘plotters’ dangerous in hands of violent, unbalanced people
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024 Rishi Sunak criticises local authorities for requesting steep council tax rises Criticism comes as councils struggle to cope with shortfalls that have left several on brink of bankruptcy
The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024 Expensive and loathed, ‘the Slab’ will be a terrible monument. It’s being called Gove Towers and he deserves it The London megabuilding given the go-ahead this week is a giant symbol of profit over community, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024 Home Office drops plan to remove housing protections from asylum seekers Draft policy to remove HMO regulations for landlords in England and Wales withdrawn hours before high court challenge
Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2024 Michael Gove approves £700m South Bank office development on former ITV site Mitsubishi Estate London bought the site from ITV in 2019 for £145.6 million
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024 Michael Gove approves ‘derided’ £400m development on London’s South Bank Office complex nicknamed the Slab given go-ahead despite fierce opposition from green and modernist architecture campaigners
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024 Birmingham given go-ahead to raise council tax by up to 10% Michael Gove approves exceptional rise for UK’s biggest local authority after it declared itself effectively bankrupt last year
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024 Local councils must unite and fight for civic pride Letter: Michael Gove encouraging councils to sell off assets is a low point in this government’s history of disregard for local authorities, writes Michael Meadowcroft