News – Page 289
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NewsMPs call for 90,000-homes a year social housebuilding programme
Committee says “achievable” target will require funding of nearly £13bn a year
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NewsFunding secured to build out 520-home New Victoria scheme in Manchester
Construction to start on joint venture scheme between Morgan Sindall and Network Rail
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NewsGovernment says no to VAT cut on housing improvement work
Financial secretary says move would cost Treasury £6bn a year
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NewsCouncil approves 90 home Tower Hamlets scheme
Scheme from developer City Surburban Homes includes office space at ground floor level
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NewsHousing schemes among winners for post-covid design competition
Winning architects for RIBA-run competition walk away with £2,667 each
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we’ve learned from contractor’s testimony
Evidence from key witnesses at contractor Rydon have shed light on ill-fated tower refurbishment
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NewsNew design guide aims to stop ‘island developments’
Building for a Healthy Life updates influential Building for Life toolkit
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NewsProject manager at Grenfell contractor quit over work pressures
Main contractor’s on-site boss left company 14 months into project as schedule began to slip
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NewsPlanning granted for 100 council homes in Kensington
Four separate schemes will all be within 1.5km of Grenfell Tower
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NewsBellway starts redundancy talks with 175 staff
Cuts would be equal to around 6% of the company's workforce
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NewsPermitted development report author criticises PD expansion
UCL academic says PD homes come at the cost of “really poor quality housing”
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NewsCountryside to spend £20m on new modular factory
Commitment comes as firm announces plan to invest £150m on growth after surprise fundraise
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Contractor admits team needed more design expertise
Former boss also quizzed on ‘cheap, incompetent subcontractors’ comments and claim one firm was ‘too good’ for the job
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NewsBerkeley appoints Glyn Barker chair after death of Tony Pidgley
Glyn Barker to be non-exec chair for up to two years while search for permanent replacement undertaken
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NewsNatWest commits to £3bn of housing association funding
Rebranded RBS bank to put the money in to the sector before the end of 2022
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NewsJenrick tells MPs his decision to speed up Westferry approval was ‘perfectly fair’
Housing secretary fast-tracked decision to help developer avoid £50m charge
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NewsLondon’s covid taskforce calls for direct MMC investment
Call from group reporting to mayor Sadiq Khan follows demand for £5bn of extra cash
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NewsWates residential boss departs
Firm says public and private sector housing work to remain separate
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NewsNumber of house sales increases in June
However, official data shows that transaction volume is still well below the level seen in 2019
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NewsGrenfell contractor ‘didn’t know’ selected cladding had inferior fire-safety rating
Rydon unaware Reynobond cassettes eventually used on tower had ‘significantly worse’ test results than fixed-panel counterparts