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Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Source: The Guardian World - Published: 06 Oct 2026 12:00

Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston stationWhen HS2 construction began around London’s Euston station in 2017 and people living nearby watched parks and playgrounds give way to diggers and rubble, they were promised that the lost green space would be replaced. “They have to give it all back,” said Dorothea Hackman. “But they are destroying it – so there’s nothing to give back.”As the dust from the political party conference season begins to settle, disappearing green spaces and housing developments have become central issues in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. On Thursday, Labour and the Green party will contest the seismic seat vacated by the former prime minster Keir Starmer. Continue reading...