Sam Cam the brand – what to expect from the Cefinn fashion label

Samantha Cameron is launching her own fashion brand in early 2017. Is it a case of the former PM’s wife monetising her status, or does she know what she’s doing?

Qatar wins approval to turn US embassy in London into hotel

Westminster council accepts plan to build 137-room hotel in Grade II-listed building in Grosvenor Square

Microplastics should be banned in cosmetics to save oceans, MPs say

Environmental audit committee calls for ban after hearing that microbeads harm marine life and enter the food chain

London housing: are high prices really the fault of rich foreigners?

Overseas investors appear to have taken far too much blame for the high cost of London housing

Christopher Bailey: from Burberry chief executive to chief hatchet man

Fashion brand’s profit fall prompts bolder thinking from Bailey, who could use a retail specialist to help him turn things around

Surreal estate: inside Margaret Thatcher’s Chester Square retreat

It’s received Ronald Reagan and other heads of state, and given its bombproof door perhaps other less savoury offerings, too