Starmer's plan to solve housing crisis faces first big test

Keir Starmer has vowed to beat building "blockers" but can he override stiff local resistance?

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Why Plans to Expand Wimbledon Face a Legal Challenge

The All England Club wants to add a third stadium and 38 other courts to its footprint.
The New York Times - 9h
2025 Housing Market Predictions: Can the U.S. Climb Out of ‘Unprecedented’ Crisis?

The 2024 housing market was the slowest in decades. Next year’s might not be much better. It may come down to how many new homes can be built.
The New York Times - 17h
Turkey: will Erdoğan emerge as the big winner of the Syria crisis?

A decade of backing Syria’s armed opposition could pay off while reshaping the region’s balance of power
Financial Times - 3d
No plan for more tax rises but we can't rule it out - Starmer

The PM says voters can judge him at the next general election on whether their living standards have improved.
BBC News - 6d
GOP’s ambitious budget plan faces internal divisions

Republican senators warn incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) ambitious proposal to tackle President-elect Trump’s agenda faces an array of disagreements within their party over ...
The Hill - Dec. 4
Starmer plans peerage for former chief of staff Sue Gray

PM’s ‘political list’ said to be long even as he axes 92 hereditary peers to trim the size of the Lords
Financial Times - Dec. 3
Incoming House majority squeezed by Trump's planned appointments

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of a number of House Republicans to fill top posts in his administration is pulling from an already shallow bench.
CBS News - Dec. 2