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Phineas Harper

Phineas Harper

The Guardian

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The EU’s ‘right to repair’ rule is truly radical – British builders should copy it wholesale

My first phone was a Nokia 3210, a cute grey brick with just enough computing power to run Snake. Compared with today’s sleek 5G touchscreen devices...

29.04.2024 80

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Phineas Harper

Councils now sell off more houses than they build. Thatcher’s legacy, right to buy, is a failure

Of all the policies imposed on Britain by Conservative governments, few have reshaped the country’s fortunes as enduringly as right to buy. For a...

26.03.2024 100

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It’s the rise of the Phoenix – and it shows British new-builds don’t have to be shoddy and antisocial

The largest ever housing estate to be built in a UK national park has won planning permission – and it is fantastic. In a breakthrough for British...

02.03.2024 10

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Phineas Harper

So you’d never wear a skirt in public? Men, you don’t know what you’re missing

My sister has three questions she asks men who say they’re feminists. It only takes one “yes” to pass her test, and yet few do. The questions...

03.01.2024 4

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Building houses on Britain’s vast, exclusive golf courses makes sense for everyone – even golfers

A golf club in Enfield, on the outskirts of London, is at the centre of a national housing debate after architects unveiled proposals to build...

28.11.2023 10

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Phineas Harper

Starmer's path to power Keir Starmer’s got his work cut out to fix Britain’s housing crisis. This is my six-point plan

The opposition leader, Keir Starmer, has rightly put solving the housing crisis at the top of his agenda, promising Labour will be “the builders,...

23.10.2023 9

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