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Housing takes centre stage in conference season economy debate

18/09/2012

Britain’s main political parties will put housing in the spotlight as a driver of economic recovery in the conference season debates in coming weeks. There is now a consensus among the thr...

Housing approvals slump in first 3 months of NPPF

10/09/2012

The flow of housing planning approvals slumped to a three-year low in the second quarter of the year after a positive start to 2012. The figures in the Home Builders Federation’s latest Ho...

Scottish Government reshuffle sees new housing minister

07/09/2012

Margaret Burgess, MSP for Cunninghame South, has become new minister for housing and welfare in Scotland. She takes over from previous housing minister Keith Brown who has moved to transport....

Round-up of David Cameron's government reshuffle

07/09/2012

Following David Cameron’s ministerial shake up, these are the main movers that will have an impact on the house building industry. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government:...

Government claims housing stimulus will deliver extra 70,000 homes

06/09/2012

The Government has launched its long-awaited housing stimulus package to boost construction jobs and kick-start the economy. Key measures are based on a year-long relaxing of planning rules, &po...

“Get Britain Building” to drive economic growth

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An £11bn investment in construction can kick start the UK’s economic recovery, say experts

An £11.27bn investment in construction and a series of strategic decisions around new home building can kick start the UK’s economic recovery and deliver a £33bn return for the Gover

Million Homes not Built

Analysis by the Local Government Association shows that 2,564,600 units have been granted planning permission by councils since 2009/10 while only 1,530,680 have been completed. The association sai