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The big question for Mr Shapps

2010-05-14T13:54:00Z

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鈥檚 my job to be critical I guess.But for the record I do have a ...

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Open Source Planning: naive, stupid or cynical?

2010-02-23T16:40:00Z

If you think that the economy is posing a problem for house builders, you might want to consider the planning proposals put forward by the Conservatives.鈥淛aw dropping鈥� was one phrase that an expert on planning matters put to me. 鈥淐oncerning鈥� was the more sedate and political word chosen by the ...

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What can you get for 拢1.5bn?

2009-07-03T11:08:00Z

Hard to say how many votes it will win him, but Gordon Brown鈥檚 拢1.5bn contribution to the Homes and Communities Agency deserves a few cheers from the construction industry. The money is intended to deliver 20,000 affordable homes and build the infrastructure to stimulate another 10,000 private ones. The government ...

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Housing rescue plan? What housing rescue plan?

2008-07-02T13:22:00Z

Caroline Flint has just announced the much talked of rescue plan for the housing market - couched in terms of affordable housing, but in essence an attempt to bolster the crumbling house building sector.It has been welcomed by the National Housing Federation, so it must be good. And I am ...