Towns targeted by Labour’s ‘bulldozer blitz’: The English councils that must build up to 21 TIMES more homes than they had planned to as Angela Rayner releases list of targets_Nhy
Parts of England will need to build 21 times more homes than they have been under Labour‘s ‘bulldozer blitz’. A breakdown of new targets has laid bare the scale of the demands being put on local authorities – with London and the South…
Edinburgh, the UK’s wokest city: Council to undertake a feminist approach to town planning, including statues for the ‘queer community’_Nhy
Scotland’s capital city is to be given a makeover to improve safety for ‘people of marginalised genders’ – including plans to commission statues representing the ‘queer community’. The City of Edinburgh Council will undertake a feminist approach to town planning under the…
Labour accused of ‘shamefully failing’ to tackle illegal immigration as more than 600 people cross the Channel in just one day_Nhy
Labour was last night accused of ‘shamefully failing’ to tackle illegal immigration after more than 600 people crossed the Channel by small boat in just one day. Home Office figures published yesterday showed 609 migrants reached Britain in near-freezing conditions on…
Vintage Snaps of Kids Jumping Their Bikes in the 1970s and 1980s
There were two types of kids in the 1970s and 1980s, those who were on the bike doing a jump, and those who were lying on the ground being jumped over. Whether it was hurtling up rickety ramps, flying through…
Me & My TRS-80: Kids And Their Computers in the 1980s
I don’t know about you, but nothing warms my heart more than the sight of a photograph of kid at a personal computer in the 1980s. A pleasant whiff of nostalgia mixed with interesting paleo-technology, makes for a great image. Let’s…
35 Vintage Photos of People Wearing Short Shorts in the 1970s and ’80s
Short shorts, as their name implies, are shorter than average. Such garments had been known since the 1930s when female Hollywood stars wore them for publicity photographs, and in New York City, a by-law (repealed 1942) was passed banning women…
GROWING UP IN “THE EIGHTIES” – What it was really like
What was it really like growing up in The Eighties? I get this question a lot… There is a fascination with growing up in The Eighties, and you may find this surprising, but so many from the younger generation have…
How many new houses are coming to YOUR town? Use our interactive finder as Labour plans a bulldozer blitz on Green Belt, relaxed planning laws and and block on ‘Nimbys’_Nhy
Councils are braced for brutal housebuilding targets today as Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner vow to rip up the ‘broken’ planning system. The changes – designed to prevent so-called ‘Nimbys’ blocking development – could see hundreds of thousands of acres of Green Belt land redesignated…
Most new homes built in Labour’s ‘bulldozer blitz’ on the green belt will house migrants, claim Tories: Starmer and Rayner unveil plan to relax planning laws, block ‘NIMBYs’ and build 1.5MILLION new homes_Nhy
Tories warned that Keir Starmer‘s housebuilding bonanza will barely keep up with immigration today – even if he hits his target for 1.5million homes over the next five years. Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake accused the government of ‘concreting over the…
Ed Miliband to unveil plans to make UK ‘clean’ by 2030 – but critics accuse Energy Secretary of ‘betraying’ promise to bring down household bills_Nhy
Ed Miliband was accused last night of betraying voters by dropping Labour‘s manifesto vow to save households £300 from their bills – as he reveals plans to make Britain’s energy system ‘clean’ by 2030. The Energy Secretary said the Government and…