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Growth Budget takes step in right direction
24/03/2011
The house building industry has broadly welcomed the Chancellor's Budget to try to tackle the housing crisis.
But leaders have also warned that long-overdue measures to reform planning must...
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Recovery at Risk as 90% of Builders Fear Rising Inflation warns FMB
23/03/2011
The Government's hopes for an SME led recovery have been dealt a serious blow by the latest results from the building industry, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the largest...
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Plan B is key to solving Britain's unemployment woes
21/03/2011
The Government could wipe out the country's soaring unemployment problem if it adopted bold measures to stimulate house building.
According to latest figures, unemployment ballooned to a 17-...
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One in 10 jobs lost since construction peak
17/03/2011
Pressure mounted on the Government to stimulate construction after the latest jobs figures showed another big quarterly decline.
Since the industry peaked in September 2008 a staggering 246,000...
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Housing gap to hit 750,000 homes by 2025
16/03/2011
England faces a shortfall of 750,000 homes by 2025, centre-left think tank the Institute of Public Policy Research has warned.
Assuming the economy bounces back to historic build levels, the gap...
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