All Government policy articles – Page 62
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NewsEnvironment Agency head calls for focus on resilience
Philip Dilley echoes comments of EA deputy chief executive and calls for “complete rethink” on flood resilience
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NewsHousebuilders wary of direct commissioning plan
Industry gives cautious welcome to plans to sell publicly-owned sites with planning permission to SME builders
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NewsHousing associations and architects pepper New Year's honours list
New Year’s honours list sees architects and housing association heads awarded OBE’s
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NewsGovernment to directly commission new homes
Scheme to be rolled out to five sites with £1.2bn Starter Homes Fund also announced
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NewsRICS: Rural estates key to thousands of affordable homes
RICS’ Rural Policy Paper proposes large rural estates be encouraged to release land for affordable housing
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NewsConstruction and trade apprenticeships in decline
Analysis by Direct Line for Business shows a drop in the uptake of construction and trade apprenticeships
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News£40m of emergency funding pledged to repair flood-hit transport links
Government provides £40m of emergency funding to restore flood damaged transport links in Cumbria and Lancashire
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NewsUp to 19,000 jobs on the line from FITs cut
Government impact assessment reveals potential full impact of the subsidy cut
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NewsInfrastructure commission gets a CEO
The Chancellor has appointed civil servant Phil Graham as chief executive of the National Infrastructure Commission
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CommentMajor programmes, major opportunities
The UK must learn from its infrastructure successes to avoid another Davies Commission debacle
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NewsThree key priorities for Green Deal review
Review leader Peter Bonfield speaks exclusively to Building about recommendations to be published next April
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NewsGovernment backtracks on FITs cuts
Green subsidy to be cut by 64%, rather than the 87% reduction originally proposed
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NewsFirst big JV enters race for £350m Scape framework
Gleeds, Aecom and Pick Everard announce they have formed consortium for major consultancy framework
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NewsOsborne plans further buy-to-let curbs
Chancellor proposes giving Bank of England powers to limit lending in buy-to-let market
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CommentFlood reaction: Tim Young, John Rowan and Partners
It’s time to think differently on how we protect people and property from flooding.
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NewsDismay as airport expansion decision delayed to next summer
Government confirms delay and says it needs more time to test air quality
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NewsRenewables face VAT hike
Government launches consultation proposing tax increase for rooftop solar panels and wind turbines to comply with EU law
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FeaturesNormal service resumed?
Following a turbulent 12 months of engineering delays, in-fighting and inadequate planning, Network Rail’s fortunes seem to have turned following George Osborne’s increase to capital spending and Sir Peter Hendy’s reconfigured spending programme. So has the company got away with it?
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CommentReady, action
World leaders at the Paris summit entered the final stages of negotiation over an agreement to limit carbon emissions this week
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NewsShortlist revealed for £6bn Houses of Parliament revamp
Nine firms and joint ventures shortlisted for design, programme, project and cost management roles