The Latest Breaking News from Phineas Harper

Such radical plans wouldn’t just help tackle our chronic lack of housing, but also let the sport shed its elitist tag, says Phineas Harper, chief executive of Open City

Top of the to-do list is ramping up the supply of new social homes. Next, ending the divisive Thatcher-era right to buy rules, says Phineas Harper of Open City

Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of low-traffic neighbourhoods in England in the latest of a series of pro-motorist moves being seen as a bid to shore up Tory support among voters.

Labour must dare to stand firm in defence of green policies such as Ulez, says charity CEO Phineas Harper

Letters: Council tenants should be encouraged to create gardens on their properties, writes Marie Paterson, while Lyn Pigney finds it strange and sad that local authorities are clamping down on hanging baskets and flower boxes

Locals say they are 'scared and stressed'

Petty policies around communal space are damaging residents’ quality of life – and are targeting everything from benches to Christmas wreaths, says Phineas Harper, chief executive of Open City

Residents of a estate in London say they have been left frightened after Greenwich Council sent men to remove 'fire risk' potted plants decorating the front of their flats

Residents of Vanbrugh Park Estate have been asked to remove pot plants and benches

The obliteration of 50,000 buildings a year is crass vandalism, says Open City chief executive Phineas Harper

As Prince of Wales, Charles campaigned for sustainable townscapes. But good intentions aren’t enough when the political will isn’t there, says Phineas Harper of Open City