A bumper round-up this morning. Housing remains in the headlines with proposals from housing secretary Sajid Javid which would allow families living in built-up areas to add two storeys to their homes.
Separately, there is a piece criticising London councils which have granted property developers planning permission to build more than 26,000 luxury flats priced at more than £1m each, despite fears that there are already too many half-empty “posh ghost towers” in the capital.
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Criticism also of Richard Caring’s renaming of art at Annabel’s.
Critics look askance at tycoon who renamed £20m Picasso
Anger over glut of ‘posh ghost towers’ planned for London
150,000 UK construction jobs to be added in five years
Presidents Club spent more on men-only parties than charity
Sajid Javid: New right to add two storeys to homes
Michael Fallon takes on property job with Avanton
Facebook to build giant British HQ in King’s Cross
TH selling 50% Whitefriars stake
Vincent Tchenguiz to sue Hilton over bust hotels
House of Fraser faces cash squeeze
Business rates revamp shuts down hundreds of pubs
Soho House eyes $2bn float to fund overseas expansion
Scrap right to buy housing scheme, urges Sir Vince Cable
New Look bondholders take cover as fears grow
Carillion chiefs ‘play pass the parcel’ over who is to blame
Bank of England to raise rates twice this year, economists say
