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Home truths: why the way we manage our housing assets isn’t working
Building homes is only one part of the housing problem. Another urgent question we must answer is - how well are we managing our existing housing stock, and are we building new homes to last?
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BSR issues clarification after confusion over unregistered building control approver
Assent Building Control Limited says discussions continue after regulator confirms work on higher-risk schemes must stop because firm did not register as approved inspector
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Only a quarter of tall buildings with unsafe cladding have completed remediation
Latest official figures reveal scale of work still to be done to make high rise housing blocks safe
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England needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report
If the UK returned to pre-financial crisis productivity levels, salaries could be up to 25% higher
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The making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Runnymede council have delivered a mixed-use scheme that aims to reverse the slow decline of this busy Surrey town. Thomas Lane reports
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Warm welcome from industry for Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto
Planning reforms and focus on infrastructure upgrades roundly backed by experts
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The upkeep challenges of the UK’s social housing
Industry experts gathered to discuss how to tackle the challenges of remediating, upgrading and maintaining the UK’s social housing stock, at a recent roundtable hosted by Building, Housing Today and JLA
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Lendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plan gets green light
Mammoth city centre scheme will include 3,000 homes, new parks and business space
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Liberal Democrats outline housing and net zero plans in manifesto
Party confirms pledge to build 380,000 homes a year and would take a second look at HS2’s northern leg
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Lendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plans recommended for approval again
Mammoth city centre scheme heading back to city’s planning committee next week following developer’s decision to pull out of UK
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Fix planning to fix housing? It’s just a mantra, not the truth
Over and over, politicians have sworn to slash the red tape, but that’s not the key – housebuilders won’t build if there’s no prospect of profit
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Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell dropped as Labour candidate
Rodwell withdrawn from candidacy for Labour safe seat amid an internal investigation
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Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Liz Peace
Episode 5: Follow the money – Liz Peace, former chief executive of the British Property Federation, talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about finding a financial model to kick-start a nationwide affordable housebuilding programme
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Foster & Partners cuts one tower from its Fulham Gas Works scheme in second staircase rejig
Proposed amendments to latest phase of 1,800-home scheme to bring plans into line with new fire safety requirements
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Haringey set to approve latest phase of Catalyst and Hill’s Tottenham hospital redevelopment
Council expected to green light 464 homes next week, with three quarters to be affordable
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Sunak’s big election gamble: How the construction sector reacted
Initial thoughts from industry leaders as the prime minister unexpectedly calls a 4 July election
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Criminal trials for Grenfell Tower fire would not start until 2027, authorities say
Met outlines timeline for one of the “largest and most complex investigations ever undertaken”
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Rayner announces 40% affordable housing target for New Towns
Shadow housing secretary and deputy Labour leader details new policy at UKREiiF event in Leeds
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Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Toby Lloyd, former No 10 adviser
Housing policy expert Toby Lloyd talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about his time in government at the height of Brexit chaos, higher space standards, capturing land value and what we should read into Labour’s stated ambitions for after the general election
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Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Jennie Daly at Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey chief executive talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about why the planning system is broken and what would need to change for private housebuilders to consider building council homes at scale. Listen and read extracts here