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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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