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The Labour administration continue to prioritise new build

|Date: 10 Mar 2025

The Labour administration continue to prioritise new build

The Labour administration must continue to prioritise new build as a policy, urges the FMB Brian Berry, C ...

The Labour administration must continue to prioritise new build as a policy, urges the FMB Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, commented: “The Government made a promising start, following the Gen ...

10 Mar 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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Labour’s five ‘golden rules’

|Date: 10 Oct 2024

Labour’s five ‘golden rules’

Labour has announced five ‘golden rules’ for green belt housebuilding, including a commitment to free up ...

Labour has announced five ‘golden rules’ for green belt housebuilding, including a commitment to free up “poor quality” ‘grey belt’ parts of the belt, while upping the amount of affordable housing eac ...

10 Oct 2024
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The key to clarifying the grey area around grey belt

|Date: 11 Sep 2024

The key to clarifying the grey area around grey belt

Since the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any ...

Since the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any – grey belt. As promised during the election campaign, Labour has hit the ground running with i ...

11 Sep 2024
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Pace and detail on grey belt needed to deliver ambitious planning reforms

|Date: 28 Aug 2024

Pace and detail on grey belt needed to deliver ambitious planning reforms

“Labour’s housebuilding targets and planning reforms are welcomed, but pace, along with funding or incent ...

“Labour’s housebuilding targets and planning reforms are welcomed, but pace, along with funding or incentives, will be needed to encourage SME developers to build on grey belt.” These insights come fr ...

28 Aug 2024
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