A quarter of domestic refurb projects go over budget

Milestone for the first major Tube line extension since the late 1990s, as an engineering train travels the full length of the tunnels for the first time

30-40,000 custom and self-build (CSB) homes could and should be built in the UK each year, says Richard Bacon, in a report that rails against "houses designed by accountants".

The transition to net zero emissions is often framed as a race to make new stuff – such as electric vehicles and wind turbines – as fast as possible. That’s actually the easy part, says Ran Boydell. The h