All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 85
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NewsFailure to publish rail plans leaves half the country in limbo, government advisor warns
Spending plans for regional rail links were due to be made public in February
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NewsNo let-up in materials shortages, CLC warns
Timber, steel, roof tiles and bagged cement remain among most hard-to-find products
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NewsScrap Liverpool’s World Heritage status, says Unesco
Report warns of ‘irreversible’ damage’ to historic sites ahead of crunch meeting next month
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NewsHS2 refutes claims overall cost has risen by another £800m
Project spokesperson says reports are ‘completely misleading’
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FeaturesDilemma for Tories over planning after by-election defeat
The government is under growing pressure from voters as well as Conservative backbenchers to water down its proposed reforms, writes Tom Lowe
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FeaturesSo much work to do, so few workers to do it
The good news for construction is that post-lockdown there is now burgeoning demand. The bad news is that there are nowhere near enough people to do the work
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NewsThousands still on furlough ‘making labour shortages worse'
More jobs are available but employers can find fewer workers to do them
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NewsJeff Bezos-backed firm to build £300m nuclear fusion plant in Oxfordshire
Construction of set to start next year
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NewsPlanning reforms and HS2 blamed for shock Tory by-election defeat
Backbench pressure certain to grow after Liberal Democrats sweep to victory in Chesham and Amersham with huge 25% swing
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NewsChancellor officially opens UK infrastructure bank
Billions of funding for UK businesses available from today
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NewsGive poorer households free heat pumps, experts tell government
Open letter signed by 20 bodies calls for better incentives to drive uptake of energy-saving devices
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NewsHS2 launches £500m delivery partner deal for railway’s next leg
Firms have just over five weeks to express interest in route linking Birmingham and Crewe
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NewsOverhaul building regulations to stop buildings overheating, say climate advisers
Climate Change Committee calls for major retrofitting programme to tackle hotter summers
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NewsConstruction seeing highest rise in earnings out of any sector
Weekly pay up by more than 14% since start of the pandemic, official data shows
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NewsGreen light for Squire and Partners hotel opposite US embassy
Nine Elms scheme will feature 600 rooms
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NewsGovernment ‘coming round’ to extending transition period for new post-Brexit certification system
Officials ‘not aware of the complexity’ of switching over to new UKCA marking system
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NewsMorris & Co chalks up win in contest to rejig City of London School
Practice pipped Alison Brooks and Maccreanor Lavington to win prestigious job
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NewsLess than half the number of qualified heat pump installers than government claims, report finds
UK would need eight times more heat pump installers than currently exist to hit government targets
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NewsMace names Shard manager as new international tech chief
Jon McElroy to lead expansion of firm’s data centres division