Police and ambulance crews closed Westminster Bridge just before 2am after a mental‑health related incident, leaving the crossing cordoned and forcing bus diversions and commuter detours during the morning peak while emergency services treated and conveyed a man to hospital. Westminster Bridge was closed in both directions this morning after…

The 2025 stamp duty reforms provoked a pronounced pull‑forward of transactions into March, creating short‑term liquidity and cost pressures while triggering a sharp post‑deadline slowdown. Regional divergence, construction skills shortages and the rollout of a National Housing Bank now shape the path to stabilisation. The UK’s 2025 stamp duty reforms…

New ONS data for the year to 2024 show median earners in England now spending 36.3% of income on private rents, with London far worse at 41.6% and pockets such as Kensington and Chelsea forcing tenants to devote the majority of pay to housing. Industry surveys point to falling supply…

Hadley Property Group has lodged plans to convert the former GlaxoSmithKline headquarters at 980 Great West Road into a mixed‑use neighbourhood of roughly 2,300 homes and 30,000 m² of commercial space, proposing a reuse‑led retrofit of the 18‑storey office tower alongside new public realm, diverse housing tenures and a 35%…

Savills data shows H1 2025 retail transactions of about £1.6bn — a 130% year‑on‑year rise — driven by large institutional and off‑market deals on core West End streets and growing investor confidence in Oxford Street’s regeneration. Savills’ latest data shows a sharp revival in Central London retail investment, with transactions…

A London‑headquartered carbon insurance start‑up has launched a suite of green‑credit insurance products under Lloyd’s syndicate paper, aiming to de‑risk long‑tenor pre‑payments, bonds and loans to help lenders, buyers and developers scale decarbonisation projects. A London-headquartered carbon insurance start‑up has moved beyond its core carbon products and formally entered the…

RAW Charging has launched a 12‑bay ultra‑rapid hub in Forest Hill, south London, featuring six 150kW–300kW units, a MEATliquor hospitality partnership and a week of free charging to mark the site as the first in a planned London and UK rollout with partner Hubber. RAW Charging has opened a flagship…

The Wallace Collection has launched a restricted tender, estimated at £150,000, to appoint a landscape architect to produce RIBA Stage 4 designs and follow‑on services for external works as part of a Selldorf‑led five‑year masterplan to improve access, circulation and environmental controls at the Grade II‑listed Hertford House. The Wallace…

London Thames Hydrogen and Chinook Hydrogen announce a £200m private investment to build a 12‑tonne‑per‑day hydrogen‑from‑waste plant at Tilbury, the proposed first node of a £1bn national corridor aimed at fuelling HGVs and industrial users — but technical claims, carbon savings and COMAH risk remain subject to regulatory checks and…

EcoPark House, a 1,200m² two‑storey pavilion beside the River Lee, opens as part of the North London Heat and Power Project combining boat facilities, public exhibition space and an on‑site solar and ground‑source system to deliver low‑carbon, off‑grid operation and community outreach. Grimshaw has unveiled EcoPark House, a 1,200-square-metre, two‑storey…

Keir Starmer’s target of 1.5 million homes in one Parliament turns abstract quotas into a test of where Britain will build — and who gets to decide — as mandatory targets, a new “grey belt” and faster planning powers threaten allotments, back gardens and local accountability. Labour’s plan to deliver…

TfL’s proposal to phase out the 100% Cleaner Vehicle Discount for small commercial EVs and raise the standard Congestion Charge has drawn criticism from City Hall and business groups, who warn higher charges risk pushing tradespeople back to petrol or diesel and could undermine van electrification. Sorry, I can’t write…