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Government pays price for failure to build homes

22/10/2012

Years of not building enough homes are set to undermine the Government’s attempts to reduce its benefits bill as rents soar. Rising private sector rents have forced an additional 417,830 w...

Private and public housing output shrinks

18/10/2012

The volume of new public house building work fell by a fifth in the three months to August, according to latest government statistics. New public housing work decreased by 20.7%, while new priva...

Cameron says ‘we must accept need for more homes’

10/10/2012

David Cameron today said the time had come for Britain to accept that more homes need to be built for the sake of the young generation. Speaking to the Conservative conference, he declared the C...

MPs Cast Doubts On Prospects For Infrastructure

05/10/2012

The Government has been called to act after politicians from across the political spectrum expressed doubts about plans to upgrade the country’s infrastructure. 107 MPs were surveyed via a...

Get Britain Building Campaign welcomes Labour's £3bn house building plan

01/10/2012

Labour has unveiled plans to kick-start the economy with a £3bn house building drive funded from the sale of 4G mobile phone licences. The pledge has been welcomed by the Get Britain Build...

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 Gover

Million Homes not Built

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 sai

“Britain had been incapable of building enough homes”

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. The

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