All Policy articles – Page 34
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NewsLow carbon housing schemes held back by false cost fears
Five-year government-funded study says sustainable development need not be expensive
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NewsGove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure
DLUHC announces changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which would give councils more flexibility to depart from housing delivery numbers following pressure from MPs.
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NewsHelp to Buy build deadline ‘extended’
Homes England says it will not enforce December 31 practical completion deadline but March end date remains
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NewsGovernment pilots building safety levy-funded repair programme
Applications will be invited for cladding work on around 60 buildings
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CommentOur leaders must stop weaponising targets and set a proper vision for planning
While politicians flip-flop over housing targets and their electoral implications, the housing system is failing people, writes Fiona Sibley
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NewsJavid blasts Tory colleagues in deepening housing targets row
Former housing secretary says scrapping targets would be “colossal failure of leadership”
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NewsVilliers claims Gove is listening in talks over planning compromise
Rebel MP says government ’listening’ to her calls to scrap housing target as Labour accuses PM of being ’weak’
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CommentThe best thing about the autumn statement was that it said little about planning
The silence around planning reform last week might just indicate that it will actually happen, writes Paul Smith
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NewsGove to block social landlords with poorly maintained homes from receiving funding
Housing secretary announces ‘crackdown’ following death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak
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NewsHousebuilders hit back at ‘anti-development’ building safety levy
Representatives of homebuilders say the government is punishing ‘innocent’ firms for the failures of ‘the few’
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NewsGove pulls key planning reform vote as rebellion grows
Vote on Levelling Up Bill axed as Tory gets 46 supporters for rebel amendment to scrap housing targets
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CommentTragedy underlines the need to address systemic failings in our housing system
The shocking death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak has been described as a “defining moment” for the housing sector. David Orr argues the tragedy shows the need to fix deep-rooted problems in housing
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NewsTory infighting as Villiers tables bid to scrap housing targets
Co-author of 2019 Conservative manifesto brands attempt to cut target “selfish and wicked”
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NewsCouncils to get new powers to block planning permission
Government amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to designed to stop housebuilders landbanking
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NewsEnergy efficiency drive ‘must learn from past failures’
Riba says government’s retrofit programme must build a competent supply chain following previous failed schemes
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NewsGleeson sees cancellations soar in wake of mini budget turmoil
Housebuilder says net reservations per site have dropped to just 0.26 per week since botched announcement
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NewsHousebuilders lament ‘bitterly disappointing’ autumn statement
Senior figures say the package does nothing to help an industry ‘under siege’
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NewsAutumn statement: Investment zone bids will not be taken forward
Investment zones policy refocused to benefit research clusters at the expense of major development projects
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NewsAutumn statement: reaction as 7% cap on social housing rent rises confirmed
Industry figures welcome plan to set 7% limit rather than 5%
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NewsAutumn statement: Hunt reverses Kwarteng’s ‘permanent’ stamp duty cut from 2025
Decision comes as OBR forecasts long term pain in housing market