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Treasury plans new ‘growth bonds’ to fund house building

13/06/2012

Chancellor George Osborne plans to offer Britain’s army of savers a new type of growth bond to fund house building and infrastructure. The Chancellor has told Treasury officials to find wa...

Boris beats London affordable home building target

13/06/2012

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has met his pledge to build 50,000 affordable homes in his first term. Latest figures from the Homes and Communities Agency show he is on track to deliver 100,000 a...

House building solution to IMF growth fears

23/05/2012

The International Monetary Fund has joined the call on government to back growth to dig its way out of recession. In a tough assessment of the UK’s economic problems, the IMF praised Osbor...

Call to Get Britain Building as dismal housing starts figures released

17/05/2012

The Government is failing to tackle the worsening housing crisis, leading housing groups have warned. Latest Government figures out today show annual housing starts totalled 104,970 in the 12 mo...

Building jobs needed to combat UK shift to part-time working

16/05/2012

Unemployment dipped for the second time in three months to 8.2% in March, but this was entirely due to a rise in part-time workers. Almost eight million people are now in a part-time job, the hi...

“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