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Mark Prisk lands housing minister job

05/09/2012

Construction minister Mark Prisk has taken over from Grant Shapps as the new housing minister. The industry reacted to the reshuffle warning that Prisk needs to hit the ground running to avoid a...

Government to suspend section 106 on housing schemes

05/09/2012

The Government is expected to unveil plans to suspend section 106 requirements for social homes on housing schemes tomorrow. Details of the controversial plan were leaked as the Government was f...

Housing Summit 2012

04/09/2012

Last chance to register for the housing event of the year for Private and Public Sector House Builders. Key note speaker, Shadow Housing Minister - Jack Dromney will set out the urgent need to b...

Government to unveil £10bn boost for house building

03/09/2012

Chancellor George Osborne will this week detail his plans to provide £10 billion to support the building of new homes. The support is expected to come in the form of loan guarantees for ho...

City giant calls for £10bn house building programme

30/08/2012

City dealing giant Tullett Prebon has called on Government to initiate a £10bn social house building programme to kick start the economy. The dealing brokerage said very few options were l...

“Get Britain Building” to drive economic growth

PRESS INFORMATION Release date: 17 June 2024 “Get Britain Building” to drive economic growth A

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

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