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An £11bn investment in construction can kick start the UK’s economic recovery, say experts
An £11.27bn investment in construction and a series of strategic decisions around new home building can kick start the UK’s economic recovery and deliver a £33bn return for the Go...
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An £11bn investment in construction can kick start the UK’s economic recovery, say experts
14/05/2020
An £11.27bn investment in construction and a series of strategic decisions around new home building can kick start the UK’s economic recovery and deliver a £33bn return for the Go...
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Million Homes not Built
24/02/2020
Analysis by the Local Government Association shows that 2,564,600 units have been granted planning permission by councils since 2009/10 while only 1,530,680 have been completed.
The association...
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“Britain had been incapable of building enough homes”
10/07/2015
This has been a great week for the “Get Britain Building Campaign” with the Government setting out a number of initiatives to ensure we build the homes we need for the future. ...
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Housing Bill leads Queen's Speech reforms
27/05/2015
The Government’s ground-breaking Housing Bill, seeking to extend home ownership, forms a key part of the new legislative agenda for the first all-Conservative Queen's Speech since 1996....
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Housing starts growth eases after rising 10% last year
19/02/2015
Housing starts have continued to steadily climb rising 10% to 137,010 last year, according the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The latest rise comes on the back of a 36% rise on...
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Treasury told councils should play key role in delivering homes
29/01/2015
Local authorities should be freed to do more to stimulate building new homes, a report commissioned by the government has claimed.
Written by housing finance expert Natalie Elphicke and Le...
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Government shortlists sites for first 10 flagship housing zones
09/01/2015
The government has shortlisted 29 brownfield areas outside of London to become the first flagship housing zones.
Ten winning sites across England will get new housing powers to make its easier a...
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Government launches another plan to boost affordable housing
02/12/2014
The Government has today set out new measures to bring fresh impetus to affordable house building.
Its latest push on housing ahead of the election came alongside publication of the fifth Nation...
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Local house builders given Government boost
01/12/2014
The Government has unveiled fresh proposals to help local house builders deliver small schemes.
Its two-pronged approach will see the Builders Finance Fund extended to developments as small as f...
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Government must entice more local house builders back into industry
26/11/2014
The industry is calling on the Chancellor to use next week’s Autumn Statement to deliver a boost to housing supply by stripping away regulatory red tape and bring local firms back into the ma...
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Ready-made design details rolled out for masonry envelope joints
21/10/2014
Local Authority Building Control and the Modern Masonry Alliance have teamed up to draw up a free set of off-the-shelf design details to minimise heat loss at weak junction points in the building e...
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Local house builders must drive Lyons 200,000 homes plan
16/10/2014
The Modern Masonry Alliance has welcomed Sir Michael Lyons’ eagerly-awaited roadmap to build 200,000 homes-a-year by 2020.
The independent review puts local builders and communities at the...
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Lib Dems set 300,000 new homes target with Garden City push
07/10/2014
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to fight to build 300,000 new homes a year driven by a string of new garden cities, between Oxford and Cambridge, should it form part of the next government.
S...
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Tories pledge plan for 100,000 cut-price starter homes
29/09/2014
First-time house-buyers under the age of 40 are being promised a 20% discount on new homes if the Conservatives are re-elected, David Cameron has pledged.
The Conservatives said their new Help t...
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Miliband puts housing at heart of 10-year vision
24/09/2014
Labour leader Ed Miliband has set out a 10-year vision for the country with house building and greener homes at its heart.
In his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester today, Milib...
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