New planning terms for British Land's Canada Water scheme reveal the viability challenges faced by residential developers in London

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As expected, chancellor Rachel Reeves used Tuesday’s Mais Lecture, delivered at Bayes Business School in the City, to announce new policies – items notably absent from the Spring Statement earlier in the month.

This week saw chancellor Rachel Reeves deliver her second Spring Statement – or Spring Forecast, as the Treasury seems to have rebranded it.

Proposals in the government’s recent policy paper on social housing may be a case of ‘too little, too late’.

The Palace of Westminster is one of the UK’s most iconic and important buildings and it needs significant work to ensure it is safe, accessible and conserved for future generations.

Government intervention now could reinvigorate the market for developers and first-time buyers alike.

Changes to planning system are welcome but under-resourced local authorities may struggle to comply.

Moving the Lords and Commons to a new home would renew democracy and avoid a £40bn refurb nightmare.

When I sat down with Berkeley Group executive chair Rob Perrins last month, he seemed, for a moment, to be channelling TV judge curmudgeon Craig Revel Horwood.