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Labour calls for £10bn house building boost

03/06/2013

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for a short-term rise in borrowing to fund the immediate release of £10bn for a major national housing programme. Mike Leonard, CEO of the Modern Masonry...

Revised Part L will hit smaller house builders

23/05/2013

The Modern Masonry Alliance is calling on the Government to delay planned changes to Part L of the Building Regulations in 2014. The Alliance has warned that the changes would severely disadvant...

Councils call for lifting of housing borrowing cap

20/05/2013

Councils are calling on the Chancellor to lift restrictions on the amount they can borrow to fund house building in next month’s spending review. Local authority leaders are urging the Cha...

London Mayor names 25 firms on £5bn homes delivery panel

22/04/2013

Twenty-five firms, including housing associations in partnership with contractors and mainstream house builders, have made the London Development Panel to deliver a massive new homes programme over...

Government names 45 projects for £700m Build to Rent funding

16/04/2013

Up to 10,000 new homes for private rent will be underway by 2015. That is the pledge of housing minister Mark Prisk, who today unveiled the first 45 projects to be taken forward using £70...

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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