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Britain’s building standards are now so bad, even the super-rich are facing housing misery

Residents of the UK’s most expensive flats have won a court case over defective pipework. If their homes are shoddily built, what hope do the rest of us have, asks writer and curator Phineas Harper

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The hill I will die on: Never decline an invitation on the day of the event. Ghosting is the humane option

Either say you can’t make it well in advance or keep stumm, says writer Phineas Harper

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Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car

The impending collapse of UK carsharing is an embarrassment for a government attempting to curb the dominance of cars, says writer Phineas Harper

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A century on, the Woodcraft Folk are still thriving and treasured

Letters: Andrew Moncrieff, Mary Mills and Rev Clive R Fowle take a trip down memory lane, while Anthony Claff and Peter Wrigley say the Scouts weren’t so bad either

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Like Jeremy Corbyn and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, I grew up in Woodcraft Folk. Here’s how it changes children’s lives

The leftwing alternative to Scouts turns 100 this year. If Keir Starmer wants to empower Britain’s young people, it has much to teach him, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isn’t London’s Oxford Street pedestrianised yet?

From Sydney to Seoul, the results have been positive. It’s time for Sadiq Khan to put his foot down, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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In Cannes, I saw English councils pander to gilet-wearing property developers – at the cost of their residents

Desperate local authorities are seeking private investors to build housing. It may be profitable for shareholders but it’s destructive for everyone else, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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Two-thirds of workers in England can’t afford private rent. If that’s not a crisis, what is?

The government has promised to fix the housing affordability crisis. Relying on the private sector will only make things worse, says writer Phineas Harper

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I wear a white poppy because Remembrance Day’s staged fervour does little to honour my grandad

I wear it for peace, for the killed civilians – and for all the conscripts, including my relative, who were forced to fight, says writer Phineas Harper

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Yimbys hear this – simply building more homes won’t solve our housing crisis

The ‘yes in my back yard’ voices are getting louder, but housebuilding quality is more important than quantity, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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Planning changed Britain for the better in the postwar years – and it can do the same now

Labour’s proposals for reform are a start, but we need the system to be more ambitious, more imaginative and more proactive, says writer Phineas Harper

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July design news: 50 years of Casio, an iPod revival and mending as an art

A new exhibition showcases British hobbies, the Rotterdam Architectural Biennial and a South Asian London city map

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Trigger-happy councils mowing down our spring flowers? There’s a better way to do things

The No Mow May campaign has persuaded local authorities to protect biodiversity. But bigger changes are needed, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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Councils now sell off more houses than they build. Thatcher’s legacy, right to buy, is a failure

The repercussions today are more homelessness, spiralling rents and bankrupt councils, says writer Phineas Harper

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It’s the rise of the Phoenix – and it shows British new-build homes don’t have to be shoddy and antisocial

It’s rare to feel excited about UK housing developments, but this ambitious project in Sussex is truly remarkable, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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So you’d never wear a skirt in public? Men, you don’t know what you’re missing

I started wearing them to test my sister’s lighthearted theory about feminism. Now I can’t do without their vibrant versatility, says Phineas Harper of Open City

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Why building homes on golf courses is a terrible idea

Letters: John R Fox, John Moore and Mike Stein respond to an article by Phineas Harper on housebuilding

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Building houses on Britain’s vast, exclusive golf courses makes sense for everyone – even golfers

Such radical plans wouldn’t just help tackle our chronic lack of housing, but also let the sport shed its elitist tag, says Phineas Harper, chief executive of Open City

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Keir Starmer’s got his work cut out to fix Britain’s housing crisis. This is my six-point plan

Top of the to-do list is ramping up the supply of new social homes. Next, ending the divisive Thatcher-era right to buy rules, says Phineas Harper of Open City

The Week

Rishi Sunak’s drive to survive: are pro-car pledges a ‘vote magnet’?

Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of low-traffic neighbourhoods in England in the latest of a series of pro-motorist moves being seen as a bid to shore up Tory support among voters.

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The Tories think their war on traffic rules is a vote magnet. Here’s why they are wrong

Labour must dare to stand firm in defence of green policies such as Ulez, says charity CEO Phineas Harper

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When councils lose the plot over gardens

Letters: Council tenants should be encouraged to create gardens on their properties, writes Marie Paterson, while Lyn Pigney finds it strange and sad that local authorities are clamping down on hanging baskets and flower boxes

Wales Online

Council sending 'heavies' to 'remove plant pots from gardens' on housing estate

Locals say they are 'scared and stressed'

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The council has come for our gnomes and pot plants. Your hanging basket might be next

Petty policies around communal space are damaging residents’ quality of life – and are targeting everything from benches to Christmas wreaths, says Phineas Harper, chief executive of Open City

Daily Mirror

Council sends 'enforcers' into estate to seize plant pots from residents' gardens

Residents of a estate in London say they have been left frightened after Greenwich Council sent men to remove 'fire risk' potted plants decorating the front of their flats

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