All Government policy articles – Page 93
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NewsHS2 prompts new focus on North rail links
Transport minister asks HS2 and Network Rail to consider bolstering trans-Pennine route alongside phase 2 of HS2, in wake of Higgins report into project
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NewsMinister rows back on plan to extend FOI to contractors
Justice minister now says government will not be extending Freedom of Information law to cover private firms working on public contracts
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FeaturesAgenda 15: Green priorities
In the latest in our series on Building’s Agenda 15 campaign ahead of the next election, and fresh from the Ecobuild sustainability event, we report on what the industry wants the government to do about green regulation
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NewsTreasury slashes £7bn from green levies
Budget latest: Move designed to boost energy intensive industries
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NewsOsborne confirms clampdown on bogus self-employment
Budget latest: Government crackdown on bogus self-employment to take effect from this April
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NewsMersey Gateway bridge gets £270m guarantee
Budget latest: Chancellor also announces £140m boost to flood repairs spending and £200m for potholes
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NewsBudget 2014: live
Live coverage of George Osborne’s Budget speech, with all the key announcements impacting on construction
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NewsOsborne set to confirm crackdown on bogus self-employment
Move to come as part of clampdown on tax avoidance, despite lobbying from industry to delay measures
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NewsFreedom of Information law to cover private contractors
Ministers says Freedom of Information law will be extended to private companies carrying out public contracts
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NewsHS2 to plan further Northern rail upgrades
The transport secretary has asked HS2 and Network Rail to plan east-west rail links
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NewsGovernment decides to drop £700m HS2 to HS1 link
Transport secretary Patrick McLouglin also backs redevelopment of Euston in response to Higgins report
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NewsHiggins plans to slash HS2 timescale by three years
Sir David Higgins’ report recommends private investment in redesigned Euston scheme
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NewsHelp to Buy to be extended to 2020
Chancellor announces plans to prolong the life of the housing loan scheme
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NewsGovernment slashes housing standards red tape
Overhaul includes minimum space standards promise, as well as discarding requirments for rainwater harvesting
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FeaturesBudget 2014: Over to you, George
Ahead of next week’s Budget, Building looks at the measures the construction industry can expect to emerge from Osborne’s red box
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NewsCapita team wins £400m job to run the defence estate
Consultant to lead consortium that will manage over £10bn of Ministry of Defence construction contracts
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NewsECO cuts will cost 14,000 industry jobs
Government admits proposed changes to Energy Companies Obligation will slash energy efficiency spending by £900m and create 14,000 fewer jobs
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Higgins set to outline HS2 cost savings
The new boss of HS2 has identified at least £1.5bn in cost savings in London alone from the £43bn project
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NewsPidgley warns housing becoming ‘political football’
Mipim latest: Chair of developer Berkeley Group implores politicians not to turn housing into 2015 election campaign issue