All Government policy articles – Page 63
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FeaturesNormal service resumed?
Following a turbulent 12 months of engineering delays, in-fighting and inadequate planning, Network Rail’s fortunes seem to have turned following George Osborne’s increase to capital spending and Sir Peter Hendy’s reconfigured spending programme. So has the company got away with it?
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CommentReady, action
World leaders at the Paris summit entered the final stages of negotiation over an agreement to limit carbon emissions this week
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NewsShortlist revealed for £6bn Houses of Parliament revamp
Nine firms and joint ventures shortlisted for design, programme, project and cost management roles
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NewsGovernment restructures £2.9bn consultancy framework
Industry fears second overhaul to hit CCS framework since the summer will cut out potential SME bidders
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CommentAbout time
Just 10 years from Construction 2025’s deadline, the industry has little idea of how it will reach the government target of cutting build time by 50%. It’s time to put ‘time’ back on the agenda
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NewsRiba in row over 'hobbit homes' campaign
Leading housing architects criticise institute for “reckless attack” on housebuilders
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NewsGovernment criticised over flood defence 'failure'
Multi-million pound flood defences fail as storm Desmond hits North of England
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NewsIndustry concerned over cuts despite Spending Review outcome
Fears over implementation of cuts and how realistic economic predictions underpinning review will turn out to be
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NewsNetwork Rail property sell-off to help find £2.5bn
Hendy Report rejigs rail giant’s CP5 programme with some projects delayed, but none cancelled
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NewsClimate change watchdog calls for massive roll-out of insulation
Committee on Climate Change urges insulation of 3.5 million homes and switch to electric vehicles
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NewsOld court buildings also to be sold for housing
Spending Review 2015: Sale of courts and prisons could release land for over 5,000 homes
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NewsChancellor grants reprieve to RHI subsidy scheme
Spending Review 2015: ‘Cheaper’ alternative to the ECO scheme also announced
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NewsFirms to pay apprenticeships levy to raise £3bn by 2020
Spending Review 2015: Levy set at 0.5% of employer’s pay bill - but allowance means less than 2% of employers will pay it
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NewsOsborne: £6.9bn more for housing
Spending Review 2015: Tax raid on buy-to-let investors to pay for doubling of the budget for affordable housing
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NewsSpending Review 2015: Reaction round-up
Construction industry figures react to today’s announcement in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement
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NewsSpending Review 2015 - as it happened
All the news as it breaks from the chancellor’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement
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NewsOsborne to announce 'affordable housing' push
Treasury to pledge almost £7bn to housebuilding and target delivering 400,000 ‘affordable homes’ in England
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CommentSpending review: Providing the detail
While Osborne’s £100bn commitment to infrastructure is good news, all eyes will be on the detail of the Spending Review for greater clarity
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News'Prevent 3,000 deaths with new health buildings', says BPF
New report highlights the benefits to patient care of new build facilties
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NewsIndustry fears Osborne will axe heat subsidy
Concerns grow that renewable heat incentive could be up for the chop in tomorrow’s spending review