All Budget articles
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NewsBudget: New investment zones will benefit from 鈥榓ccelerated planning鈥�
Tees Valley mayor says scaled back package of investment zones in today鈥檚 budget will be along similar lines to Truss鈥� plan
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FeaturesBudget 2017: key points
The key talking points from Chancellor Philip Hammond鈥檚 Autumn Budget
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CommentBudget 2017: a serious stimulus for housing
Chancellor Phillip Hammond is putting his money where his mouth is, writes Tom Broughton
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NewsHammond's Budget commits to spend 拢44bn on housing
Chancellor focuses on boosting housing market with cash pledge, new target of 300,000 homes per year and scrapping stamp duty for most first time buyers
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CommentBudget reaction: 拢44bn pledge to boost housing sector
This year鈥檚聽Budget did give a much needed 拢44bn boost to the housing sector. But, asks Michael Dall, will it be enough to boost supply?
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NewsBudget 2017: as it happened
Updates from Chancellor Philip Hammond鈥檚 Budget speech to the Commons as it happened
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FeaturesBudget 2017 preview: Something's gotta give
As the chancellor gears up聽for the Autumn Budget,聽he is under pressure to聽ease austerity, potentially taking the focus away from big-ticket construction projects. David Blackman reports on what the industry wants from the Budget versus what it is likely to see
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CommentHousing hits the headlines - but how much will actually be in the budget?
Altair鈥檚 Steve Douglas responds to the news that housing could be set for a significant budgetary boost
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CommentA Budget and its blunders
The government鈥檚 plans to cut disability benefits has meant that last week鈥檚 Budget has come in for intense public and political scrutiny and now the government needs to find 拢4.4bn to balance its books
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NewsOsborne gives Crossrail 2 and HS3 go-ahead
Chancellor will commit 拢140m to the schemes in tomorrow鈥檚 Budget
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CommentOsborne scores 0/10 for green budgeting
The chancellor鈥檚 announcements last week were focused on supporting the wrong things
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NewsOsborne moves to boost small housebuilders
Chancellor announces 拢500m finance package for small and custom housebuilders, as well as new garden city and extension of Help to Buy
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NewsBudget hands 拢270m guarantee to new Mersey bridge
Osborne confirm 拢270m guarantee for Gateway Bridge project, plus more cash for local infrastructure projects across UK
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CommentConstruction is now on the front foot
Tomorrow鈥檚 Budget is likely to be positive for construction, but in any case things are looking up
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FeaturesBudget 2014: Over to you, George
Ahead of next week鈥檚 Budget, 黑洞社区 looks at the measures the construction industry can expect to emerge from Osborne鈥檚 red box
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NewsContractors call for green construction boost
Ecobuild latest: The UK Contractors Group urges the chancellor to use budget to put in place a new national retrofit plan to boost green construction
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NewsEngineers call for Budget boost to flood spending
Institution of Civil Engineers urges government to return spending on flood protectoin to pre-2010 levels
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CommentMy beef with the Budget
Richard Steer laments a speech that offers no real nourishment to the industry and, what is worse, shows the chancellor to be deaf to the demands of construction
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CommentAudio clip: 黑洞社区's editor on Help to Buy
黑洞社区鈥檚 editor Sarah Richardson speaking on the BBC鈥檚 Today programme about the effect of the housing measures announced this week