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Miliband puts housing at heart of 10-year vision

24/09/2014

Labour leader Ed Miliband has set out a 10-year vision for the country with house building and greener homes at its heart. In his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester today, Milib...

Time to get Scotland building

19/09/2014

Get Britain Building campaigners have called on all political parties to agree quickly on a robust devolution settlement following the outcome of the Scottish referendum. Mike Leonard, spokesman...

Cross-party focus on housing and infrastructure will deliver jobs and growth

08/09/2014

Cross-party consensus on how best to deliver new housing and infrastructure projects would result in 200,000 new jobs in the construction sector, according to the industry’s leading organisat...

Further support to

31/07/2014

Housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis has launched a£3m fund to speed up getting work started on 85 new housing sites. The site delivery fund will unlock development on housing sites...

Labour unveils Help to Buy plan for small builders

30/07/2014

The Labour Party has outlined proposals for its Help to Build scheme to harness the delivery capacity of smaller house builders. The proposed programme would provide government guarantees for lo...

“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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