Kier has not reported any progress in the sale of its housing arm in an update that revealed the firm was confident its first half results for 2020/21 will be better than those it posted last time when the firm racked up pre-tax losses of more than £40m.

In a trading update this morning for the six months to December last year, gave no firm update on the progress of the sale of its Kier Living housing arm which Davies last September said could take another six to 12 months.

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