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Labour government 鈥榤ust be realistic鈥 about challenges facing construction 鈥 industry leaders react to landslide
Sector reacts to Keir Starmer鈥檚 400-plus seat victory
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Warm welcome from industry for Labour鈥檚 鈥榳ealth creation鈥 manifesto
Planning reforms and focus on infrastructure upgrades roundly backed by experts
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Labour pledges to help 80,000 buy a home through 鈥榩ermanent鈥 mortgage guarantee scheme
Starmer announces 鈥楩reedom to Buy鈥 policy as key housing manifesto pledge
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Rayner announces 40% affordable housing target for New Towns
Shadow housing secretary and deputy Labour leader details new policy at UKREiiF event in Leeds
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Features
Pre-election briefing: What can we expect for investment in the NHS estate?
The first of Boris Johnson鈥檚 promised 40 hospitals will open this month. But huge delays to the 拢22bn programme mean that, months before an election, procurement for most of the work hasn鈥檛 even begun and there is no certainty that Labour will push ahead. Joey Gardiner asks what it all ...
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Gove unveils proposed planning guidance changes in bid to boost brownfield development
Housing secretary wants planning authorities to take a less 鈥渂ureaucratic鈥 approach to urban development
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Government can鈥檛 subsidise MMC forever, warns housing minister
Aspirations around modern methods of construction 鈥渘ot yet鈥 achieved, Lee Rowley says
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Comment
There is nothing long-term about Sunak鈥檚 net zero policy U-turn
The prime minister鈥檚 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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Features
Will Gove鈥檚 latest local plan reforms have a positive impact on delivery?
Matilda Battersby talks to industry players about the local aspect of the housing secretary鈥檚 long term strategy, and what it might mean.
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Government rejects proposal to mandate project bank accounts on public jobs
Labour MP鈥檚 amendement would have applied to work valued at more than 拢2m
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Features
Sandbach 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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Warning of 鈥榗omplete collapse鈥 in local plan-making after Gove announcement
Developer groups fear the government has 鈥済iven up鈥 on housing delivery despite asserted support for 300,000-home target
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Autumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession
Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy
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Truss planning reforms 鈥榮et to be ditched鈥
Reports suggest Rishi Sunak is planning to drop reforms announced in the mini-Budget last month.
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Relaxed 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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Queen鈥檚 Speech 2022: delayed procurement bill welcomed by industry
Long-awaited and 鈥榦verdue鈥 bill will seek to create a more simple and transparent system post-Brexit
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Queen鈥檚 Speech 2022: environmental assessment shake-up included in planning reforms
Reforms included as part of levelling up agenda but no space in Queen鈥檚 Speech for stand-alone Planning Bill
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Queen鈥檚 Speech 2022: at-a-glance
The important bits for housing and construction in the government鈥檚 legislative programme revealed today
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Queen鈥檚 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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Wates overhauls benefits packages to meet diversity target
Firm increases maternity and paternity pay