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Tory manifesto backs Crossrail and promises procurement shake-up

13/04/2010

The Tory Party has pledged to back Crossrail and offer smaller firms a bigger slice of Government work if it wins the next election. Launching the Conservative manifesto today, David Cameron sai...

And they're off!

06/04/2010

After months of speculation, Mr Brown has visited the Queen and asked for Parliament to be dissolved and the General Election will now take place on the 6th May 2010. Unprecedented levels of deb...

Wolseley joins the Get Britain Building coalition

27/11/2009

Wolseley has become an official supporter of the Get Britain Building Campaign. The leading distributor of plumbing and heating products, also a major supplier of construction materials, has joi...

House building rate needs to be increased

02/11/2009

The rate of property development in the UK needs to be sped up, a workers representative body has claimed. Comments from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) followed the publication of figures from...

Government pledges £1.5bn housing investment

15/07/2009

An investment of £1.5bn in the housing sector has been announced by the Prime Minister. Gordon Brown said the funding will help build thousands of new homes as well as create jobs. The pla...

“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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