Policy News – Page 2
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NewsA slam-dunk fail: watchdog MPs launch scathing attack on green homes grant
Public accounts committee ‘not convinced’ that business department grasps full scale of the scheme’s failure
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NewsNational planning policy needs overhaul to promote net zero, MPs say
Government will fail to hit 2050 net zero target unless it engages with councils, says select committee chair
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NewsBudget 2021: Industry reacts
See what construction had to say about key policy and funding announcements
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NewsBudget and spending review 2021: Follow all the latest updates live
Follow for the latest announcements affecting the industry
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NewsInfrastructure tipped to receive £7bn ahead of Budget
The Treasury has revealed allocation details, while just £1.5bn of the funding is new money
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NewsGovernment asks industry for thoughts on future of architecture profession
Three-month call for evidence includes questions on whether Arb is fit for purpose
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NewsMPs back bid to halt HS2 as petition triggers Parliamentary debate
Debate confirmed for 13 September after public petition gathers more than 150,000 signatures
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NewsSubcontractors readied for £1bn prisons programme
Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Wates and ISG already appointed to lead the four projects
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NewsKwarteng backs drive to qualify thousands of heat pump installers as gas boilers are phased out
Body behind three-day training says 40,000 plumbers could be reskilled a year
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NewsCouncils push back against high street permitted development rights
Authorities line up to make ‘article 4 directions’ to exempt areas from the rules
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NewsRevealed: Key principles of Hackitt’s ‘golden thread’ to improve building safety
Working group publishes details and definitions to ensure implementation of Hackitt’s recommendations
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NewsBan on new petrol and diesel trucks by 2040
Transport decarbonisation plan to phase out polluting HGVs, while pinning hope on new technology to make aviation green
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NewsSmaller housebuilders may get government help to cope with materials shortages
Housing minister says it will intervene if shortages become an 'ongoing and material obstacle'
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NewsMoJ outlines plans for new Leicestershire prison as part of £4bn expansion programme
1,700-place facility due to be built near Market Harborough
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NewsConstruction can provide onsite flexible working, new report finds
Study says CLC should adopt 10-point toolkit
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NewsMan who led London Nightingale project working on new Essex hospital
Andrew Panniker drafted in as ‘hospital construction specialist’
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NewsAndy Von Bradsky to leave post as government’s architecture head
Former PRP has been in role for two years
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NewsFirms must publish carbon credentials to win public work
Government makes contractors reveal current footprint and reduction plans to bid for work worth more than £5m
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NewsConstruction firms claim over £1.1bn of furlough cash in six months
Number of construction workers on job retention scheme has fallen 73% from peak