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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    Editor Johnny Dobbyn says “the Government doesn’t take housing seriously”

    Stepping stone You have to wonder if they – the Government, this one, or any of them – take it seriously. ...

    Stepping stone You have to wonder if they – the Government, this one, or any of them – take it seriously. Housing that is. On November 13th, the Government made its 16th appointment to the office of M ...

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    Editor Johnny Dobbyn’s on Gove’s watery fate

    Gove’s watery fate You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing ...

    Gove’s watery fate You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Actually, you don’t – but it’s difficult, for once, not to have sympathy for t ...

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    From Gove with LURB

    Grant Leggett, executive director, Boyer, considers how the Government’s aim to penalise developers for l ...

    Grant Leggett, executive director, Boyer, considers how the Government’s aim to penalise developers for land banking gives the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill a bad name. In its recent revisions ...

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    Gove’s watery fate

    You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Ac ...

    You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Actually, you don’t – but it’s difficult, for once, not to have sympathy for the Government in it ...

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    Lords scupper water rules relaxation

    Water, water everywhere – so don’t even think about building near it! The House of Lords has rejected the ...

    Water, water everywhere – so don’t even think about building near it! The House of Lords has rejected the Government’s proposed amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB), permitting d ...

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    Britons believe government ignores housing crisis

    Only a fifth of UK homeowners believe the government is doing enough to combat the housing crisis, new re ...

    Only a fifth of UK homeowners believe the government is doing enough to combat the housing crisis, new research from Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed. The specialist lender commissioned a ...

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    Special Report | Dearth in the countryside

    With a record 1.2million households currently on waiting lists for social housing, David Cracklen (left), ...

    With a record 1.2million households currently on waiting lists for social housing, David Cracklen (left), director of Dorset-based AJC Group fears Michael Gove’s planning changes will starve rural com ...

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