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FeaturesAnd now, the end is near ...
On 1 July, England becomes officially smoke free, joining Wales and Scotland. From that date, smoking will be illegal in all public buildings and places of work and in vehicles used for business. The ban is set to have a big effect on the design, use and management of retail ...
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FeaturesWhere did it all go?
One of the things Blair’s tenure is certain to be remembered for is the surge of public spending that began in his third year in office. Here, Angela Monaghan, Mark Leftly and Sarah Richardson explain what it was spent on
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FeaturesThe class of 1997
Tony isn’t the only one who had an eventful decade. These industry professionals all graduated in 1997 and have been climbing the career ladder ever since. Katie Puckett asks them if things really did get better, for them and for construction
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FeaturesDecline and fall of the construction minister
The construction industry has never been one of the most glamorous portfolios in government, but there was a time when it carried some clout. Under Tony Blair it has been shunted between departments and given less and less ministerial time. Mark Leftly looks at the politicians who’ve taken it on
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CommentAction heroes
As Wembley succumbs to marauding zombies, we check on the whereabouts of the Taekwondo Kid and Ray Winstone, and ponder whether Gordon Brown will be architects’ knight in shining armour
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Comment
Can I correct a couple of things
Your diary item Passport to Nowhere (13 April, page 31), makes a few mistakes about the proposed network of passport interview offices.
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Comment
The bigger picture
With the continuing debate over the safety of timber frame, multistorey construction has failed to move forward. Individuals are beating the drum about the benefits of one material over another, but surely fire-safe building design and appropriate construction training is more important?
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Comment
For arts sake
I read Tarek Merlin’s column (4 May, pages 34-45) with interest. Public Art South West is the regional development agency for public art but we work across the UK and have international links.
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The research is on
Regarding your leader article “An Invisible Crisis” (4 May, page 3), I agree that the government has abandoned research investment over the past 10 years.
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FeaturesAylesbury and after
When Blair made his first speech as prime minister on south London’s Aylesbury estate, it was an illustration of the immense task Labour faced in regenerating Britain’s inner cities, and a symbol of its determination to tackle it. Overleaf, we look at what it did. But first, Mark Leftly returned ...
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FeaturesFour big ideas
David Blackman looks back on the multibillion-pound initiatives that defined the era
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The Blair years
It’s always been said that construction does well under Labour, but when Tony Blair came to power in 1997 nobody would have dreamed just how well.
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FeaturesBlair on Blair
Margaret Ford, our guest editor and a woman who was close to the business end of New Labour’s policies, quizzed the prime minister on his record on the built environment
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FeaturesThe fall from Eden
The Blair years began with wonderful attractions and tube stations, continued through drab PFIs and ended with creeping paranoia, says Gus Alexander