Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
After all did not the banks have a small part to play in the country’s economic woes?
Richard Day

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Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
After all did not the banks have a small part to play in the country’s economic woes?
Richard Day
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Contractor says piling jobs have helped boost revenue 16% but Building Safety Act approvals continue to impact residential work
2025-11-25T12:38:00Z By Carl Brown
Revival of PPP follows Building’s Funding the Future report calling for expansion of the model
2025-11-06T07:00:00Z By Andrew Mylius
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2026-04-02T07:00:00Z By Emma Langman-Maher
Engineering education now embeds systems thinking to prepare graduates for complex challenges like decarbonisation, resilience, and the circular economy
2026-04-01T06:00:00Z By Liz Marlow
We all have a part to play in designing and constructing buildings fit for the future. Dr Liz Marlow of Cundall considers how we might become better prepared to do so
2026-03-31T06:00:00Z By Paul Ruddick
UK construction is highly exposed to the crisis in the Middle East but, assuming the much-anticipated growth will eventually come, the question is whether our industry is ready to make the most of it, Paul Ruddick writes
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