News – Page 305
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NewsBarratt furloughs more than 5,500 staff
Country’s biggest housebuilder puts 85% of employees into government jobs retention scheme
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NewsOne in five renters expect to lose their jobs
Call for additional support as survey by Shelter raises questions over covid-19 impact on providers of rented housing
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NewsL&G wins 270-home permission via virtual committee
Insurance giant’s later living business to redevelop firm’s former HQ
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NewsArchitects’ confidence collapses
Pandemic triggers steepest ever drop in expectations for future workloads
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NewsBarratt donates defibrillators from closed construction sites
Housebuilder closed sites last month
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NewsGovernment to review flooding insurance for homes
Insurance industry exec Amanda Blanc to chair review following claims 70,000 new home owners cannot access insurance
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NewsHousing secretary approves huge Vauxhall towers
Twin Vauxhall Cross towers designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will deliver 257 homes but breach local height restriction
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NewsCall for government to rip up planning rules to aid covid recovery
London Property Alliance calls for extension to permission length and flexibility on planning obligations
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NewsHomes England invests in development pipeline despite pandemic
Agency bought 19 sites worth £180m in last financial year, with deals signed right up to this month
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NewsMore listed housebuilders furlough workers
Bellway, McCarthy Stone and Vistry stand down staff as Barratt confirms majority of 4,300 employees affected
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NewsKerslake calls on government to consider Help to Buy extension
Former head of the civil service says the government should also look at increasing grant rates in response to covid crisis
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NewsArchitects campaign to stop CLT ban
Group of housing designers call on government to rethink “combustibles ban” so it allows use of structural timber
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NewsHousing secretary under pressure over ‘second home’ trip
Robert Jenrick justifies 100-mile trip by claiming Herefordshire property is his family home
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NewsHouse sales fall at “fastest ever rate”, says RICS
Surveyors’ monthly survey finds expectations of home sales slumped to their lowest ever level in March
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NewsRedrow furloughs 1,800 staff
Housebuilder says 80% of staff now stood down as it secures £300m government-backed loan
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NewsGLA pledges London housing recovery plan
Deputy mayor for housing Tom Copley promises to get London building at “pace and scale” once safe to do so
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NewsBarratt, Crest and Countryside all furlough staff
Taylor Wimpey also understood to be poised to temporarily stand down staff in wake of covid-19 shutdown
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NewsFour-fifths of UK housebuilding work halted
Analysis by estate agent Savills finds schemes capable of delivering 193,000 homes stopped in wake of covid-19 crisis
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NewsStarmer appoints Labour shadow housing minister
Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire named after incumbent John Healey moved to defence role