All Grant Shapps articles
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NewsGreat British Nuclear launches competition to develop UK’s first mini-reactors
New nuclear body launches with total of £157m in new grant funding
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NewsSunak creates standalone energy and net zero department in Whitehall shake-up
Promotion of Lucy Frazer to cabinet job creates housing minister vacancy
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NewsShapps gives go-ahead for UK’s first carbon capture power station
Power plant in North Lincolnshire will capture up to 1.5MT of carbon each year
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NewsShapps unveils £1bn in funding to insulate least energy-efficient homes
Critics unhappy that three-year government scheme will not come into effect until April 2023
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NewsHS2’s eastern leg to Leeds scrapped with Northern Powerhouse Rail also pulled, government confirms
Ministers finally unveil long-awaited plans for regional rail upgrades
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NewsGovernment looks set to scrap HS2’s eastern leg in favour of regional links
Boris Johnson expected to make announcement on new rail policy at this week’s conference
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NewsBalfour team to formally start work on HS2’s Old Oak Common station
Transport secretary to fire starting gun on £1.3bn scheme today
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NewsHS2 to Leeds will go ahead and could be built ‘dramatically’ ahead of schedule
Transport secretary Grant Shapps quashes fears that north-eastern section of line could be scrapped
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NewsHeathrow western rail link held up by public funding wrangle
Development consent due to be submitted by this summer
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CommentAwful house building figures put the Shapps Gold Standard further in doubt
A huge boost in funding is needed if the government is to hit its target of the pre-recession level of housebuilding
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CommentFigures show we are just not building enough homes. It is that simple
Latest statistics underline the massive task ahead for the government if it is to boost housebuilding to a level above that achieved before the recession
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CommentShapps needs to bring out the big guns
If the housing minister is to deliver the ‘gold standard’ number of new homes a year he’ll need to ask the Bank of England for help
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CommentSpiralling rents pose a tough question for Shapps: Where will the new homes come from?
The newest survey by RICS ups the pressure for affordable housing
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CommentDo the house building figures really show recovery? Well not really
Shapps trumpets new housing starts but numbers are still very flaccid
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CommentWhy the spending review might prove a turning onto the road to Nirvana for housebuilders
However, the prospects for housing, housing associations and contractors are far less rosy
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Comment
The big question for Mr Shapps
I would like to be among those welcoming Grant Shapps to his new role as housing minister and wishing him well. I must admit I have not been particularly kind to his ideas to date. It’s my job to be critical I guess.But for the record I do have a ...