Four years ago, the disrepair at Croydon’s Regina Road Estate shocked ITV viewers and led to regulatory intervention. The council has now improved services. Katharine Swindells reports.

The last time London built enough houses was almost 100 years ago, when planning applications were just three pages long and took just weeks to approve ...

A select committee report said the link between tax and the quality of services is broken and risks undermining democracy.

The Bell Hotel in Epping has become the focus of anger against migrants after an asylum seeker staying there was charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls just days after arriving in Britain.

Residents are furious at “secretive” plans to sell off the treasured green outside their homes. Those living near the open space, which is on a list of 11 sites Sevenoaks District Council has ...

A Croydon man has complained to the Housing Ombudsman after homes in his apartment building were used for affordable housing. He claims Croydon Council bought flats in the development despite the ...

The think tank said Outer London in particular needs to densify, while it can use the success of Croydon’s 2022 small sites scheme as inspiration. The organisation added there is also a dire need to ...

We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but ...