Policy News – Page 31
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NewsParliamentary debate to change law on retentions pushed back again
Aldous Bill will now be heard this autumn
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NewsCombustible cladding ban consultation to start next week
Housing secretary James Brokenshire confirmed details to MPs yesterday
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NewsBarking and Dagenham launch £1bn housing framework
East London council’s developer Be First has given firms until next month to register interest
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NewsFormer airports bosses tell MPs to approve Heathrow expansion
Sir Howard Davies and Sir John Armitt have written to MPs ahead of a vote on the proposal
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NewsPwC latest Big Four firm questioned over Carillion conflict of interest
EY’s simultaneous involvement with government and collapsed contractor was queried last month
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NewsGrenfell was not designed to provide a safe escape route, say fire services
Counsel for Fire Officers Association suggests staircase was not designed to be safe in a fire
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NewsInquiry MPs say Carillion accounts ‘hoodwinked the government’
The chairs of the inquiry into Carillion’s collapse have responded to the National Audit Office’s investigation
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NewsGovernment appoints new director general for housing
Jeremy Pocklington will be responsible for helping turn policy into action
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NewsMore details of Carillion's disastrous UK jobs emerge
Firm was facing hit of more than £200m last year alone on road and hospital schemes
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NewsConstruction firms lambasted for “inhumane” silence at Grenfell Inquiry
Counsel for the victims calls out suppliers for failure to comment
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NewsGrenfell refurbishment firms submit opening statements to public inquiry
CEP Architectural Facades and Rydon Maintenance say role in inquiry’s first phase will be limited
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NewsGovernment agrees final proposal for Heathrow expansion
A vote will take place in the Commons within 21 sitting days
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NewsNegotiations for Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant get underway
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark announced the negotiations in parliament
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NewsCouncils to be given new powers to deliver homes
Councils will be able to seek government’s approval to launch a New Town Development Corporation
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NewsGrenfell inquiry hears residents should have been told to leave 45 minutes after fire broke out
Combustibility of the external cladding meant building was completely compromised within an hour
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NewsFunding deal agreed to speed up Cambridge housing
Homes England hands out £22m to scheme which will include 1,300 homes
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NewsGovernment used out of date accounts to carry out financial health check on Carillion
MPs leading inquiry into bust firm want to know why risk assessment used old figures
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NewsGovernment chooses first T Level providers
Education secretary names first 68 institutions to provide new technical qualifications