All Government policy articles – Page 77
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FeaturesEric Pickles' letter to the construction industry
Conservative party’s secretary of state responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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NewsPickles: Vote Conservative to protect housebuilding sector
The Conservatives, UKIP and Greens write letters to the construction industry
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CommentConstruction’s election week: 01.05.15
With less than a week to go housing is edging higher in the two main parties’ agendas
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FeaturesElection special: The parties compared
With less than a week to go until the election, and all parties having finally published their manifestos, how do the parties line up on the key issues for construction?
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FeaturesNigel Farage’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of UKIP responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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FeaturesInside Westminster: Housing by numbers
In this election’s battle of the building stats, a major focus has been that worryingly few houses have been built in the last five years. But is this the coalition’s fault? Could other parties do better?
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CommentSteve Gee’s campaign diary: week 2
John Rowan and Partners’ managing partner Steve Gee is standing as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the Epsom and Ewell constituency
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CommentAn alternative planning manifesto
Frustrated with political short-termism, one construction company has drafted its own 10-point plan and it wants to know what you think
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FeaturesArchitecture in a time of austerity
Ike Ijeh assesses the impact the coalition has had on architecture and how design has fared through the years of budget tightening
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FeaturesNatalie Bennett’s letter to the construction industry
Leader of the Green party responds to Building’s manifesto aims
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CommentHow to assess the coalition's legacy
The impact of the coalition’s policies on towns, cities and countryside appears to be random, and maybe that’s the intention behind mixing free market ideology with community localism
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NewsLabour pledges stamp duty help for first-time buyers
Party proposes making homes worth up to £300,000 exempt from stamp duty for first-time buyers
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NewsLabour rent control proposals could be 'catastrophic' for PRS
Plans to cap rents at the rate of inflation and make three-year fixed tenancies standard alarm housing experts
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NewsInfluential think tank slams right to buy extension
Institute for Fiscal Studies says extension of policy could harm public finances
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CommentConstruction’s election week: 24.04.15
The right to buy and the influence of the SNP dominate the election
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FeaturesImage of the week: 'Say what…?'
Prime minister David Cameron (right) talks to an apprentice during a visit to a construction site in Leeds
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FeaturesRight to buy: Betting the house
Joey Gardiner scrutinises the Tories’ plans to extend right to buy to housing associations
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CommentSeriously, now
The election may have been dominating the news for weeks, but it is really only now - with all manifestos in the public domain - that the battle for votes is under way
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CommentSteve Gee’s campaign diary: week 1
John Rowan and Partners’ managing partner Steve Gee is standing as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the Epsom and Ewell constituency
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NewsLabour and Lib Dem leaders back Agenda 15 aims
EXCLUSIVE: Labour and Lib Dems pledge support for housebuilding and apprenticeships in open letters