Policy News – Page 92
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NewsGovernment to ease rules on office-to-home conversions
Planning restrictions on office conversions set to be watered down
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NewsIndustry unites to demand action on green growth
UK Green Building Council leads construction bodies in call on chancellor to act on Green for Growth campaign
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NewsConstruction leaders in Downing Street summit
Top industry figures met with the skills minister and the government’s chief construction adviser this morning to discuss ways to boost the industry
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NewsDevelopers fear diversion of levy from infrastructure
Industry concerned after minister says proportion of CIL to be spent on community group projects
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NewsGovernment says £25bn Severn Barrage has ‘long way to go’
Plans scrutinised by Energy and Climate Change Committee as DECC warns that government is not yet ready to back development
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NewsGovernment moves to bolster Green Deal ahead of launch
Retrofit programme boosted by early opening of incentive scheme and relaxation of planning regulations
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NewsBoris Johnson 'must ensure' Crossrail is blacklist-free
London Assembly motion follows Building’s exclusive on blacklisting past of former industrial relations manager on £15bn project
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NewsGovernment infrastructure plan poses 'substantial' risks
National Audit Office calls for government to give greater clarity to investors and taxpayers on its National Infrastructure Plan
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NewsRay O'Rourke on 18-strong panel to lead construction strategy
Laing O’Rourke boss Ray O’Rourke to join 16 others on new advisory panel to develop an industrial strategy for construction
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NewsRIBA boss slams ministers over failure to lift Olympic gag
President Angela Brady calls on government to “act on its promise” and relax Olympic marketing restrictions
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NewsMPs slam 'too generous' windfarm policy
Public Accounts Committee concludes consumers could foot £17bn bill for investment
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NewsGreen Deal incentive scheme opens early
The government has brought forward to today the launch of its cash incentive scheme for the Green Deal in a bid to drive early take up of the flagship scheme
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NewsPlanning relaxed on solid wall insulation to boost Green Deal
Government issues clarification to planning rules bringing solid wall insulation within permitted development
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NewsGovernment plans new 'super-prison'
The government has announced plans to build a new prison that could house more than 2,000 inmates, the largest ever built in the UK
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NewsNeighbourhoods to get 25% of CIL revenues
Planning minister says move will stop opposition to greenfield development
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NewsProgress on Olympics marketing gag has ‘stalled’
Shadow business secretary questions progress on easing marketing restrictions
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NewsHansford: ‘low-carbon at low cost is my priority’
Government construction adviser sets out his stall in his first interview since taking the post
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NewsCoalition slated for road building silence
The government has been criticised for not explaining how it will boost road building as part of its mid-term review
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NewsMinisters to name advisers for construction industrial strategy
Construction adviser Peter Hansford to lead development of strategy with “advisory council”
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NewsGovernment to pledge housebuilding boost
Announcement on fresh set of mid-term policies later today