Look at this beautiful Japanese toilet and tell me – why is Britain so useless at public loos? | Alberte Lauridsen

Our once vast network of civic lavatories has been abandoned or sold, leaving gaping holes in basic sanitary provision

• Alberte Lauridsen is an architect and co-founder of the feminist architecture practice Edit

As an architect, I often attend community consultation meetings to hear what members of the public feel that their neighbourhoods lack. One frustration is always bitterly clear: why are there no public toilets any more?

There are few issues more emblematic of the deterioration of civic infrastructure in Britain. Local authority spending on public loos has halved since 2010, with the number of lavatories maintained by councils dropping 19% between 2015 and 2021 alone.

Alberte Lauridsen is an architect and co-founder of the feminist architecture practice Edit

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