Policy News – Page 59
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NewsEngland 'needs 11,000 primary school classrooms'
Scape research report estimates school pupil population to rise by 336,000 in next nine years
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NewsLabour to go on 'attack' on housing
Shadow housing team begin to outline Labour’s approach to housing, including proposal to build 100,000 council homes a year
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NewsHousing associations given Right to Buy ultimatium
National Housing Federation strikes deal with government over implementation of controversial policy
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NewsHS2 kicks off £11.8bn bidding process
Chancellor George Osborne calls on contractors to begin pre-qualifying for seven major civils work packages
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NewsIndustry fears £350m Scape framework will block SMEs
RICS and others warn £125m-turnover threshold will exclude all but major consultants on public sector work
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NewsBirmingham axes Carillion's £1bn Green Deal programme
Birmingham Energy Savers dumped just four years into an eight-year contract
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NewsBonfield floats proposals for Green Deal alternative
Options include mass retrofitting of housing association homes and improved mortgage rates for green properties
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NewsAl Gore slams UK government green policy U-turns
Former US vice president attacks government over ‘puzzling’ decisions at climate event in central London
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NewsQuarter of public sector projects 'disappear'
Analysis by KPMG finds large reduction in number of projects included in latest iteration of government pipeline
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NewsCBI slams green subsidy cuts
CBI says firms in emerging green sector need reassurance that government is serious about tackling climate change
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NewsGovernment launches bogus apprenticeships crackdown
Firms offering fake or low-quality apprenticeships could face prosecution under new rules
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NewsChina to back new wave of UK nuclear plants
UK ministers negotiate nuclear deal with Chinese and announces £2bn guarantee for Hinkley
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NewsCameron launches attack on housing associations
Prime minister responds to parliamentary questions from Jeremy Corbyn with attack on associations
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NewsRudd pulls plug on £3.5bn Jurassic Coast wind farm
Energy secretary refuses planning permission for controversial offshore project in face of local opposition
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NewsIndustry warns against Corbyn and Khan policies
Construction firms express fears over impact of rent caps on private investment in new rented homes
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NewsUnions: Corbyn victory will boost our blacklist campaign
Blacklist Support Group hails Corbyn victory as a “massive boost” for its campaign
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NewsCorbyn's construction ministers and policies - full digest
Labour leader names shadow cabinet after winning in landslide
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NewsSix million ft2 of office space lost to resi
New report identifies vast amount of office space lost to residential conversions over past year
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NewsKhan: Housing crisis is London's number one issue 'by a mile'
Sadiq Khan voted to become Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London election in 2016
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NewsLeft-hand-turn ban needs more work, say experts
Industry warns GLA’s safety measure for lorries could cause congestion on London’s roads