A transformational year for housing legislation

Controversy of the week

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

WILL 2026 BE YOUR CUE TO MOVE TO A SMALLER HOME? ALEXANDRA GOSS SPEAKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE PLUNGE, SHIFTING FROM COUNTRY TO CITY, TOWNHOUSE TO APARTMENT

→ The government has unveiled its ‘once-in-a-generation’ plan to reform England’s water system, promising tougher oversight and an end to failing infrastructure. But with record sewage pollution, soar

The issue has been debated in Parliament again – but the Government has not committed to a timescale for change

We many only be just over a month in, but 2026 is already shaping up to be a year of action