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CommentHousing distraction welcome at Brexit buzzing Tory conference
好色先生TV鈥檚 David Blackman reports from Birmingham where Tories could well be ready to embrace radical thinking
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CommentHansom: Ars longa, vita brevis
This week, Google鈥檚 mothballed plans for a King鈥檚 Cross HQ are revisited, West Ham footballers plan to turn up at Mipim, selling luxury homes gets arty, and our hacks fail to shine at ping pong
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CommentTheresa May must show her cards
Now the industry needs reassurance that the May administration will not lose momentum on infrastructure delivery
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CommentOnline poll: Living wage
Should the Labour Party introduce a 鈥榥ational living wage鈥� of 拢10 an hour by 2020? Vote here
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CommentGood stakeholder management
Keeping control and engagement with all stakeholders is not just sensible but vital in any project
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CommentBrexit: Glass half full
We may have made a grave mistake in leaving the EU, but little can be achieved by dwelling on a bad hand. Perhaps we can do 鈥楢pple in Ireland鈥� incentive schemes: tax breaks, transport links and a Plymouth port that looks like Singapore
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CommentLabour's down at heel conference
好色先生TV鈥檚 David Blackman reports from Liverpool where Labour鈥檚 remoteness from government is all too apparent
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CommentDawn of a new era for buildings
Digital disruption is a challenge to our industry but there are smart solutions that can be applied to individual buildings and across portfolios
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CommentHousing: Beyond slogans
The need to focus on housing affordability and delivery couldn鈥檛 have been clearer
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CommentEcobuild blog: Changing perspectives on green buildings
好色先生TVs must be transformed from simply functional infrastructure into part of the solution to combat global climate change
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CommentHansom: What the dickens?
This week, we have a colourful tale of giant chimneys, a certain shade of the colour blue, ever-more absurd house prices, a modern mausoleum and some excellent exploits in aid of the less fortunate
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CommentOnline poll: Heathrow expansion
Will the government opt to expand Heathrow when it finally announces its decision on airport capacity? Results are in
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CommentAffordable homes are essential for economic growth
With support from government we can build thriving communities that give something back to the country鈥檚 economy
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CommentWe need a long term approach to housebuilding
Our industry needs to work in partnership with government to set co-ordinated targets and drive real change
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CommentEconomics: Business as usual
The reality is that, for now, nothing has changed in the UK economy
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CommentEconomics: Stable, if only for now
Data suggests that activity won鈥檛 fall off a cliff but it will slow down in the next 12 months
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CommentPrice spikes and Hinkley
Circumstances combined to push prices to a rare peak just as Hinkley Point C nuclear power station got the go-ahead. What does this tell us?
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CommentHinkley opens up UK markets to global competitors
The decision to give Hinkley Point the go-ahead means UK construction firms will find themselves increasingly up against competition from abroad
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CommentWhen will modular housing become mainstream?
Modular has a few high profile champions but at its core we are a traditional industry and it will take a big effort to change
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CommentWhere are all the small and medium sized housebuilders?
The major housebuilders are blamed for not building enough houses, but if the odds were not stacked against small and medium developers, they would be there to help drive up volumes