All Government policy articles – Page 104
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NewsOsborne agrees next wave of spending cuts
Chancellor says spending review cuts in seven departments have not come from capital budgets and will help government to spend more on infrastructure projects
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NewsIMF joins critics of Help to Buy
International Monetary Fund warns Help to Buy is likely to inflate house prices and calls for boost to infrastructure spending
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NewsSchool building contractors to face ‘boot camp’
Firms bidding for work through Pf2 programme to face three week “boot camp” to finalise their bids with clients
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NewsGove: modern buildings should 'lift up the soul'
Education secretary who has long downplayed the importance of school design laments lack of beauty in built environment
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FeaturesPF2: Vote of no confidence
Is the government about to ditch PF2 before it’s even been tested?
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NewsConcerns over cost and timetable led to £1bn PF2 schools cut
Doubt in official explanation that deterioration in markets led to £1bn reduction in private finance schools programme
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NewsGovernment's £300m boost still leaves many schools waiting
Capital funding boost still leaves more than half of schools originally included in priority schools programme waiting
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NewsRevealed: Full breakdown of £1bn schools batches
Education Funding Agency publishes detail of £300m capital and £700m PF2 schools work
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NewsEFA starts £1bn schools race
Over 70 schools to be funded but PF2 element suffer drastic cut back
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NewsConstruction output lowest for 15 years
Latest ONS figures show output falling 2.4% in the first quarter of 2013
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NewsScottish government enlists unions in anti-blacklisting drive
Scottish minister announces Unite, Unison, and the GMB have been asked to work on procurement guidance
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NewsIndustry hails Queen’s promise of HS2 legislation
Commentators call for further transport infrastructure improvements ahead of HS2s completion in 2032
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NewsEFA to procure body to raise finance for new schools
BFE latest: Private finance ‘aggregator’ to be set up to fund £1.75bn PF2 school programme
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NewsBarratt picked for 600 home revamp of Catford Dogs
London mayor signs deal with housebuilder for mixed-use redevelopment
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NewsCoalition 'passing more planning regs than Labour'
Government also increasing the burden of planning costs on sector, study finds
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NewsBlacklist protests target Holyrood
Workers gather outside Scottish parliament to demand action from government on blacklisting in the construction industry
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NewsInfrastructure plan 'just a long list of expensive projects'
Public Accounts Committee says government’s national infrastructure plan lacks clear priorities and a strategic vision
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NewsEight-month delay to £600m government framework
Exclusive: Firms face uncertainty as retendering for one of the largest public sector frameworks for consultants delayed
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NewsLabour to look at blacklisting policy measures
MP in charge of party’s policy review voices ‘profound concerns’ about construction industry scandal
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NewsGovernment cracks down on ‘meritless’ judicial reviews
Series of measures proposed to counter rise in legal challenges