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NewsGovernment outlines industrial strategy plan as ministers hail 拢63bn of private funding for projects
Data centres and airport expansions among projects planned as Starmer pledges to deregulate
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FeaturesKey takeaways and talking points from the Labour party conference 2024
Labour members gathered in Liverpool this week for the party鈥檚 first conference in government for 15 years. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe report
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NewsPlanning approvals for new homes fall to decade low, Home Builders Federation report shows
Just over 230,000 units granted permission in year to June
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NewsRayner sets up 鈥榓ccelerator鈥� team of officials to boost development on 200 stalled sites
MHLCG believes 300,000 homes can be built across large sites
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FeaturesA boost for housebuilding or an ill-defined gimmick? - Labour鈥檚 鈥榞rey belt鈥� plans explained
Labour hopes its rebrand of 鈥榰gly鈥� green belt land will help. But will it work?
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FeaturesA guide to the key players shaping the Labour government鈥檚 policy
Who will be making the important decisions in government affecting the construction industry? Daniel Gayne finds out
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NewsLabour 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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NewsWarm 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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NewsLabour 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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NewsRayner 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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FeaturesPre-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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NewsGove 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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NewsGovernment 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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CommentThere 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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FeaturesWill 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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NewsGovernment 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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FeaturesSandbach 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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NewsWarning 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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NewsAutumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession
Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy
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NewsTruss 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.