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Jagger, 82, who has lived on the north bank since the early 1960s, as have bandmates Brian Jones and Keith Richards, said the tower made no sense and was totally wrong on every level. Jagger told the Chelsea Citizen in March that he had lived in this area for a long time and I care about what happens to it. If this goes ahead, it could lead to more tall buildings being built changing this wonderful stretch of the Thames riverside forever.

“It was a beautiful opportunity for the kind of experimentation-driven revitalization that I care so much about (and had spent so much time studying),” he told me recently by email.

Only 32 sites across the country have benefited from a scheme that was launched to tackle vacancy in towns and villages and allow people to build homes.

I'm absolutely committed to our veterans and getting more funding for this center. I have such respect for those who wear the uniform.

I understood at a very early age how much place matters and how impactful government services can be on one's life. The Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice was really focused on working with agencies to think about how they're addressing inequity, whether it's through budget as a lever or personnel as a lever, procurement, policymaking. But land use is a lever as well.

The five unitary model creates sensible geographies that will empower each new council to deliver new housing in line with local needs.

Criterion Capital has issued 87 section 21 notices across its property portfolio, amounting to fewer than 5% of its total tenants, and insists this is routine management.

Marie Potter, 75, was evicted from her Croydon property in 2023 and is now fighting to reclaim it, arguing the order that led to her displacement was invalid. The protracted conflict began after Ms Potter moved into her house in Bennett's Avenue, Shirley, in 1998, where her neighbour, Kirsten McGowan, already lived.

Data published by the insurer Aviva reveals that of the 396,602 new homes recorded by the Ordnance Survey in England between 2022 and 2024, 43,937 are in areas of medium or high risk of flooding, while 26% of new homes have some risk of flooding.

Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them. This edition of Inside Government with PoliticsNY features United States Representative Nydia Velázquez. Representative Velázquez serves the Seventh Congressional District which includes parts of Queens and Brooklyn. What are your top legislative priorities for 2026? Immigration, foreign policy and housing

On New Year's Day, Zohran Mamdani completed his inauguration festivities and departed for Brooklyn. In the working-class neighborhood of East Flatbush, the new mayor stepped into the lobby of an old apartment building on Clarkson Avenue and met with tenants on rent strike. Their grievances were many: The building has 201 outstanding housing-code violations, including leaks, roach infestations, black mold, and that most perilous of winter derelictions, a lack of consistent heat and hot water.