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FeaturesPre-election briefing: What can we expect for investment in the NHS estate?
The first of Boris Johnson’s promised 40 hospitals will open this month. But huge delays to the £22bn programme mean that, months before an election, procurement for most of the work hasn’t even begun and there is no certainty that Labour will push ahead. Joey Gardiner asks what it all ...
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NewsGove unveils proposed planning guidance changes in bid to boost brownfield development
Housing secretary wants planning authorities to take a less “bureaucratic” approach to urban development
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NewsGovernment can’t subsidise MMC forever, warns housing minister
Aspirations around modern methods of construction “not yet” achieved, Lee Rowley says
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CommentThere is nothing long-term about Sunak’s net zero policy U-turn
The prime minister’s insistence he can hit legally binding targets without imposing unreasonable costs on voters is a fig leaf for inaction, writes Thomas Lane
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FeaturesWill Gove’s latest local plan reforms have a positive impact on delivery?
Matilda Battersby talks to industry players about the local aspect of the housing secretary’s long term strategy, and what it might mean.
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NewsGovernment rejects proposal to mandate project bank accounts on public jobs
Labour MP’s amendement would have applied to work valued at more than £2m
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FeaturesSandbach saga: meet the housebuilder standing up to Michael Gove
In the latest example of the housing secretary intervening in planning on design grounds, we talk to Colin Muller of Muller Property Group, about the Sandbach development in Cheshire East which has been called in
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NewsWarning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove announcement
Developer groups fear the government has “given up” on housing delivery despite asserted support for 300,000-home target
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NewsAutumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession
Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy
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NewsTruss planning reforms ‘set to be ditched’
Reports suggest Rishi Sunak is planning to drop reforms announced in the mini-Budget last month.
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NewsRelaxed planning rules, deregulation and lowered stamp duty: what to look out for in the mini-budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng due to speak later this morning
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NewsQueen’s Speech 2022: delayed procurement bill welcomed by industry
Long-awaited and ‘overdue’ bill will seek to create a more simple and transparent system post-Brexit
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NewsQueen’s Speech 2022: environmental assessment shake-up included in planning reforms
Reforms included as part of levelling up agenda but no space in Queen’s Speech for stand-alone Planning Bill
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NewsQueen’s Speech 2022: at-a-glance
The important bits for housing and construction in the government’s legislative programme revealed today
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NewsQueen’s Speech today expected to set out planning, energy and procurement overhaul
Industry awaits detail of government legislative priorities, including planning changes and energy bill setting out nuclear power plans
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NewsWates overhauls benefits packages to meet diversity target
Firm increases maternity and paternity pay
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NewsLiverpool appoints consortium to develop tall buildings policy
Move comes after Unesco threatened to withdraw city’s World Heritage Site status
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CommentGovernment's planning guidance on build-to-rent shows it is still supportive of the policy
The government still thinks build-to-rent can tackle the housing crisis - here’s what the latest guidance means for housing and local authorities
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CommentIs the construction industry 13% bigger than we think it is and does it matter?
If the figures are saying one thing and the real world is behaving in another then the assumptions driving policy will be suspect
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CommentLet’s not waste this crisis of confidence over the construction output figures
We need a proper review of new and old figures for construction output – not least as it’s used as a basis for policy making