All policy articles – Page 2
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Features
Will Gove’s latest local plan reforms have a positive impact on delivery?
Matilda Battersby talks to industry players about the local aspect of the housing secretary’s long term strategy, and what it might mean.
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News
Government rejects proposal to mandate project bank accounts on public jobs
Labour MP’s amendement would have applied to work valued at more than £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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News
Warning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove announcement
Developer groups fear the government has “given up” 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 ‘set to be ditched’
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’s Speech 2022: delayed procurement bill welcomed by industry
Long-awaited and ‘overdue’ bill will seek to create a more simple and transparent system post-Brexit
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Queen’s Speech 2022: environmental assessment shake-up included in planning reforms
Reforms included as part of levelling up agenda but no space in Queen’s Speech for stand-alone Planning Bill
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Queen’s Speech 2022: at-a-glance
The important bits for housing and construction in the government’s legislative programme revealed today
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News
Queen’s 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
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Liverpool appoints consortium to develop tall buildings policy
Move comes after Unesco threatened to withdraw city’s World Heritage Site status
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Comment
Government's planning guidance on build-to-rent shows it is still supportive of the policy
The government still thinks build-to-rent can tackle the housing crisis - here’s what the latest guidance means for housing and local authorities
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Comment
Is the construction industry 13% bigger than we think it is and does it matter?
If the figures are saying one thing and the real world is behaving in another then the assumptions driving policy will be suspect
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Comment
Let’s not waste this crisis of confidence over the construction output figures
We need a proper review of new and old figures for construction output – not least as it’s used as a basis for policy making
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Comment
Is the government construction strategy fundamentally flawed? I hope not, but …
Public clients will more than ever need flexibility - a word that sadly does not appear in the report
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Comment
Why let planning just look like a lottery? Make it one
On the subject of Grant Shapps and John Healey, I attended the Housing Market Intelligence conference last week at which both spoke.I obviously recommend the conference because I have a vested interest in it and indeed the associated report, which I edit. But that is not the point.While the presentation ...
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