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Government introduces the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to Parliament

|Date: 14 Apr 2025

Government introduces the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to Parliament

The bill aims to speed up planning decisions to boost housebuilding and remove unnecessary blockers and c ...

The bill aims to speed up planning decisions to boost housebuilding and remove unnecessary blockers and challenges to the delivery of vital developments. Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State f ...

14 Apr 2025
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Recommitment to updated TIC policy roadmap

|Date: 11 Apr 2025

Recommitment to updated TIC policy roadmap

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has welcomed the announcement by the Department for Environment, ...

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has welcomed the announcement by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), confirming the Government’s recommitment to the Timber in Con ...

11 Apr 2025
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Reviewing DEFRA’s regulations and regulators

|Date: 24 Jan 2025

Reviewing DEFRA’s regulations and regulators

Government is right to review environmental policies, says National Federation of Builders. The Governmen ...

Government is right to review environmental policies, says National Federation of Builders. The Government has appointed Dan Corry to lead a review of DEFRA’s regulations and regulators and see where ...

24 Jan 2025
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Labour Government’s new era for housebuilding

|Date: 11 Nov 2024

Labour Government’s new era for housebuilding

The Labour Government has ushered in another new era for housebuilding in the UK, and at a time when addr ...

The Labour Government has ushered in another new era for housebuilding in the UK, and at a time when addressing the housing shortage has never been more in the spotlight. Here, Andrew Carpenter, Chief ...

11 Nov 2024
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The Government commits to delivering 1.5 million homes

|Date: 18 Oct 2024

The Government commits to delivering 1.5 million homes

The construction industry has welcomed the Government's commitment to delivering 1.5 million homes. The H ...

The construction industry has welcomed the Government's commitment to delivering 1.5 million homes. The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has expressed support for the Government’s steps to tackle the co ...

18 Oct 2024
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Rightmove asks to retain first-time buyer stamp duty threshold

|Date: 18 Sep 2024

Rightmove asks to retain first-time buyer stamp duty threshold

Rightmove asks government to consider retaining first-time buyer stamp duty threshold New analysis shows ...

Rightmove asks government to consider retaining first-time buyer stamp duty threshold New analysis shows only 37% of homes for sale will be eligible for first-time buyer stamp duty relief in England c ...

18 Sep 2024
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Government meeting housebuilding target

|Date: 17 Sep 2024

Government meeting housebuilding target

Close to two thirds of British residents are not confident that the new Government can meet its targets f ...

Close to two thirds of British residents are not confident that the new Government can meet its targets for homebuilding during the next five years. According to new data from MyBuilder.com, the relia ...

17 Sep 2024
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Going down slow

|Date: 04 Apr 2024

Going down slow

The phrase ‘silly season’ is usually used to describe the dog days of August when not much is happening t ...

The phrase ‘silly season’ is usually used to describe the dog days of August when not much is happening to keep the nation’s news rooms busy, and so they fill up print and airtime with lightweight sto ...

04 Apr 2024
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HBF releases 10-point plan for Govt. to tackle housing

|Date: 26 Feb 2024

HBF releases 10-point plan for Govt. to tackle housing

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has released a 10-point plan of “practical” solutions for government t ...

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has released a 10-point plan of “practical” solutions for government to remove barriers to building and kick start development. Following its audit report, Housing H ...

26 Feb 2024
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Campaign time

|Date: 14 Feb 2024

Campaign time

Theoretically, the next General Election (GE) need not take place until January 2025. In reality, a raft ...

Theoretically, the next General Election (GE) need not take place until January 2025. In reality, a raft of political pundits are saying that it increasingly looks like this May, following a budget in ...

14 Feb 2024
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