Caitlin Scully

Housing issues are one of the key concerns in the by-election triggered by the resignation of former Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer.


People living in Holborn and St Pancras will go to the polls on October 8. Across the constituency, residents have raised concerns about housing, including limited availability, rising rents and mortgage costs.


Severe shortages of available housing in Camden are fuelling growing frustration among long-term residents ahead of the upcoming by-election.


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The warning follows reports that Andy Burnham will take on the role of Prime Minister in the summer following Starmer's resignation and that plans to renationalise the water industry could be fast-tracked.
Burnham has previously indicated that he would support a phased move towards greater public ownership of the water industry, with Thames Water likely to be among the first providers considered for intervention. However, Murray McIntosh has warned that any accelerated reform of ownership model...

Outlining the ambitious commitment, which is aimed at revitalising the UK’s infrastructure and boosting economic growth, the Prime Minister said:
“Take our planning system. A blockage in our economy that is so big it obscures an entire future, stops this country building roads, grid connections, laboratories, trainlines, warehouses, windfarms, power stations - you name it.
“You look at our infrastructure and it is clear almost immediately that we have long freeloaded off the British genius of...

Coordinated by River Action and supported by over 130 organisations—including the National Trust, RSPB, GMB Trade Union and Surfers Against Sewage, collectively representing more than 10 million supporters—the protesters are urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to take immediate action to end pollution in Britain’s rivers, lakes, and seas, or risk the consequences of unmet promises.
Charles Watson, Chair of River Action, the organiser of the March for Clean Water, commented:
“This movement i...