So that was quite an alarming lunchtime: watching trees go up and the flames get closer and closer. Thank goodness for the London Fire Brigade.

What do Sunak's shoes and Truss's earrings have to do with residential property? Find out here: propertyweek.com/leader-and-blo…

Whoever becomes PM next week, I hope they get a move on. propertyweek.com/leader-and-blo…

Hard to tell yet, but #planning reforms promised by the chancellor today appear quite limited in scope. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill outlined in #growthplan aims to "accelerate priority major infrastructure projects across England", citing energy, roads and telecoms.

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Well I guess given @SimonClarkeMP was a keen advocate of allowing Boris Johnson a 2nd term, we will be welcoming a new Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities before too long. Clarke's replacement would be the 4th in post this year.

Look who stepped out of the Tardis: propertyweek.com/home/the-regen…

Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it - as are many who strive to take heed but are swept along anyway. propertyweek.com/leader-and-blo…

Well I have learned to avoid Premier Range which has managed to glean lots of 5-star reviews but still thinks its OK to hide behind unreasonable terms and conditions when it sends out damaged goods. No refund or replacement from them, 0 out 5 stars from me.

In my Property Week Leader column this week I wonder whether office occupancy rates have now settled at their new level. propertyweek.com/leader-and-blo…

Who knows what 2023 will bring, but we've pooled opinions and put together five pages of the people, projects and places to keep an eye on this year: propertyweek.com/insight/watchi…

Fans of Hanover Square, the long-running Property Week print cartoon, can now catch up with the cast's unlikely shenanigans each week via the PW website. Gags and drawings are the inimitable work of John Fardell. propertyweek.com/hanover-square…

This morning’s #ClimateCrisisPW keynote was delivered by Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects in the TOG - The Office Group Black & White Building his practice designed - an incredibly ambitious timber structure. Inspiring to hear the thinking behind the building while in it.

I'm sure it was honest error rather than intentional manipulation that led a government consultation document to misstate the lowest height at which other countries think its unsafe to house people with only a single staircase... propertyweek.com/leader-and-blo…

I've been following the progress of electric cars since taking a lead-acid powered G-Wiz electric runabout for a quick (and scary) spin in 2007. Progress in the 16 years since has been amazing. I'm intrigued to see how EVs might now alter our cities. propertyweek.com/leader-and-blo…

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