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Labour councillor Geoff Barraclough says MVRDV’s ill-fated Marble Arch Mound was a key factor in the Tories losing control of Westminster City Council in last week’s local elections

Pilbrow and Partners’ plan to demolish and rebuild the 1930s Marks and Spencer store at Marble Arch – paused this week by communities secretary Michael Gove – has become a cause célèbre for those challenging similar projects on climate grounds. Yet, until now, it has passed every planning hurdle in…

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has blocked Pilbrow & Partners' plans to demolish and rebuild Marks & Spencer flagship Oxford Street store so his department can examine the scheme

Following a major backlash over the Sadiq Khan’s approval of the controversial demolition of Marks & Spencer’s store on Oxford Street, the London Mayor will now revisit this decision, the AJ can reveal

GLA climate adviser Simon Sturgis has said Sadiq Khan ‘isn’t serious about net zero’ after the London Mayor approved the highly controversial demolition of Marks & Spencer’s store on Oxford Street

New buildings are ‘stealing’ from national carbon budgets because of their up-front carbon impact, according to a hard-hitting new report by engineering consultancy Ramboll and leading researchers

Two former cabinet ministers have echoed the AJ RetroFirst campaign in calling on Rishi Sunak to use his Spring Statement to cut VAT on refurbishment to 5 per cent

An £11.7 billion ‘Great Homes Upgrade’ could end dependence on Russian gas while combating fuel poverty and the climate crisis, campaigners have told the chancellor

The UK government must urgently ‘intervene’ in our polluting building industry in response to the UN’s latest sombre assessment of the climate crisis, RIBA president Simon Allford has said

MVRDV's much-mocked tourist attraction – which cost £6 million and led to resignations at Westminster City Council – is being dismantled, with its vegetation now removed, new images show