All Government policy articles – Page 89
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Government’s construction pipeline hits £116bn
Cabinet Office’s latest update, unveiled at the Government Construction Summit, shows that value of work has risen by £13bn
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MoD fails to hit its target on construction cost reduction
Defence ministry was only department of seven being monitored that failed to meet its 2013/14 cost reduction target
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Allowable solutions consultation dodges carbon price
Long awaited consultation sets out some further details of offsetting system but key issues remain undecided
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Government pumps £6bn into local Growth Deals
Investment for local infrastructure and housing unveiled by government
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Armitt proposes fast track to long-term infrastructure plan
A national infrastructure assessment could be complete by midway through next parliament
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Interserve slams MoD’s ‘failed’ £4bn contract award process
Firm launches legal challenge claiming Carillion JV’s winning bid could be ‘abnormally low’ and ‘undeliverable’
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Government saves £840m on construction projects in a year
The Cabinet Office publishes update on its drive to cut construction costs by up to 20%
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Government work pipeline rises to £116bn
Latest refresh of government’s construction pipeline shows value of work has jumped by 13% to £116bn
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EFA looks at revising cost benchmarks because of rising prices
Director of capital at education body says next £2bn phase of PSBP will take account of cost pressure
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Features
Time to act: Debating UK infrastructure policy
As the Institution of Civil Engineers delivers a worrying State of the Nation report on UK infrastructure, ɫTV charts the changes that the sector believes should be prioritised by the next government
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Cable: Industry must reform to end skills 'horror story'
GCS latest: Business secretary Vince Cable says construction must end its reliance on subcontracting and invest in apprenticeships
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Government hands Hansford an extra year in post
GCS latest: The government has extended chief construction adviser Peter Hansford’s appointment by a year
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Hansford: BIM revolution is unstoppable
GCS latest: Government’s chief construction adviser hails industry’s shift to BIM
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Clients call for procurement innovation
GCS latest: Public and private sector clients call for more long-term thinking and innovation in procurement
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Government 'must enable more SMEs to win work'
GCS latest: The government has been urged to overhaul its procurement policy to enable more SMEs to win public work
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Deighton: Government's role is to create stability
GCS latest: Infrastructure minister says “creating a stable environment” for investment is the government’s most important role in construction
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Cable says construction skills gap is a 'horror story'
GCS latest: Vince Cable says addressing loss of skills from industry is his key priority
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Labour floats plan to give cities more powers
Labour has outlined plans to give ‘city regions’ more control over funding for housing, transport and infrastructure
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Pickles releases £105m to boost housing schemes
Government pumps cash into Local Infrastructure Fund and Build to Rent programmes
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Comment
A bright future
Since coming to power in 2010, this government has tried to engage with the construction industry to make public spending on buildings and infrastructure leaner. Here the minister for the Cabinet Office counts the ways