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Town halls should be given the powers to lead the response to coronavirus crisis and the rebuilding of the nation’s economy, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer told a virtual audience at the Local Government Association’s Annual Conference.

Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has suggested that there are more than one million homes that have been granted planning permission but are yet to be built.

The government’s proposed legislative programme unveiled in the Queen’s Speech has received a cautious reaction across the built environment community.

Will the UK leave the European Union with or without a deal? As the UK heads towards the Halloween deadline, it’s far from clear. But what would no-deal actually mean? Over the past week The Planner has spoken to built environment professionals across the spectrum to find out what the...