Placemaking Resource • 9th February 2016

Case study: how landscape architects revamped a forgotten high street

An urban design project in Brentford, west London set out to revive the town's marketplace and make its waterside connections more accessible. Kay Parris reports.

The Guardian • 20th December 2016

Charity workers at Christmas: the people spreading festive cheer

While many of us are putting our feet up, cosying up with family or partying away, thousands of charity workers are making sure vulnerable people get vital services and a bit of company at Christmas.

Planning • 12th October 2014

NHS property programme demands planning expertise

A new strategy for the management of primary care properties has created a need for planning expertise in one of the UK’s largest property companies.

Agenda Magazine • 16th November 2007

Safe sex demands equality

Most agencies agree that HIV programmes will not reach their potential until gender-oppressive “social norms” are overturned. Kay Parris reports

Transport International Magazine • 12th February 2021

Enter the Hit Squads

Labour activists are facing up to the challenge presented by a new generation of union-busters. Kay Parris reports

The Guardian • 28th December 2016

Voluntary sector outlook for 2017 - chief executives share their views

We asked nine chief executives of voluntary sector organisations what they think 2017 will bring. Here are their views:

Planning • 12th October 2014

Getting consent to develop MoD land

Last month, East Hampshire District Council approved an outline planning application from government regeneration quango the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for a 500-home development at a former Ministry of Defence barracks at Whitehill and Bordon in Hampshire.

Planning magazine • 23rd May 2014

Winning an enforcement test case

Roger Curtis, a partner at lawyers Wedlake Bell, led the ultimately successful case for Ahmed versus the secretary of state.

Planning magazine • 28th January 2016

How We Did It: Taking a holistic approach in city plan

Plymouth's planning team has been testing innovative approaches to coordination of strategies across the city. Kay Parris reports.

Itfglobal.Org • 27th November 2013

South Korean government warned against foul play as rail strike looms

The International Transport Workers' Federation and International Trade Union Confederation have written jointly to the government of South Korea to express their fears that labour rights could be violated during a forthcoming strike against rail restructuring and privatisation.

Planning magazine • 20th July 2015

CIL is 'threat' to London student accommodation schemes, says BPF

'Sky high' Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charges are threatening the viability of purpose-built student housing developments in London, the British Property Federation (BPF) has claimed.

Reform Magazine • 1st August 2008

Rowan Williams offers listeners a glimpse of 'something greater'

You can tell the two men in dog collars moving warily towards the back of a packed Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge are not relishing the challenge of a bouncers' role this evening. But a 60-something-year-old heckler, leaning from the public gallery directly over the pulpit about to be occupied by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is loud, angry and not about to shut up.

Planning magazine • 20th July 2015

Islington consults on new rules to stop developers 'dodging' affordable homes

New guidance for London's most densely populated borough could soon make it harder for developers to justify not meeting affordable housing requirements made through planning obligations.

Itfglobal.Org • 27th November 2013

Unions challenge dismissal of maintenance engineer who alleged racism

The ITF is taking action to support a Swaziland Airlink engineer, who has been dismissed after reporting an alleged racist incident at the hands of a white cabin crew member.

International Labour Organization • 12th February 2021

Rights of Passage

For as long as they have travelled, people have migrated in search of more or better work. But in the last 20 years the global workforce has become more fluid than ever. Report by Kay Parris

Agenda Magazine • 1st January 2008

Peter Piot

UNAIDS executive director Dr Peter Piot believes trade unions will have a critical role to play in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic for the next 25 years and beyond, as Kay Parris reports

International Transport Workers Federation • 16th November 2007

Delivering global rights

Trade unions are among those working hard to ensure the groundbreaking Maritime Labour Convention fulfils its potential to improve the lives of seafarers worldwide, as Kay Parris reports.

Planning magazine • 23rd November 2015

The Planning Awards: Experts' choice

The winners of the Planning Awards 2015, run by Planning magazine and Planning Resource, were announced on 17 November during a celebration evening at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.