All Policy articles – Page 45
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NewsBuilding Safety Bill ‘to become law tomorrow’
Minister for building safety Stephen Greenhalgh tweets that mammoth legislation in line for Royal Assent
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NewsGalliard Homes signs cladding pledge
Developer Galliard Homes commits to remediating its own tower blocks between 11m and 18m
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CommentLessons on regeneration and levelling up from the Netherlands
Austen Reid and Ad Hereijgers from pan-European consultancy Ritterwald provide some tips on how levelling up can work effectively to create sustainable urban regeneration at scale
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NewsUPDATED: full list of developers to have signed the cladding pledge
A total of 47 developers have so far signed the government’s demand they commit to remediating buildings between 11m and 18m and one has signalled an intent to do so.
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CommentWhat Gove’s levelling up plan needs to do to improve lives and not just ‘tart up’ town centres
Levelling up success should be measured in places like Blackpool and Jaywick, argues Chris Brown
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NewsInland Homes becomes latest housebuilder to sign the cladding pledge
Brownfield regeneration specialist promises becomes 36th developer to back deal
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NewsBuilding safety pledge and levy will cover ‘non-cladding’ issues, government confirms
DLUHC confirms all ‘life-critical’ fire safety issues can be fixed using the funds raised
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In FocusDecay, delay and deregulation: takeaways from the Grenfell Inquiry
Senior government figures had to explain why calls to amend the building regulations to clarify fire safety risk went unheeded
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NewsHousebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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News‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge
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NewsGove threatens ‘significant consequences’ for cladding firms’ failure to contribute to fire safety cost
Housing secretary said he would do “whatever it takes” to hold firms to account for the building safety crisis
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NewsGove announces plan for £3bn developer levy
Plan revealed as housing secretary says 35 housebuilders now signed up to cladding pledge
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NewsFire safety review not delayed by deregulation drive, Eric Pickles tells Grenfell inquiry
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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NewsCountryside to cut staff and stage MMC ‘volte-face’
Boss of partnerships housebuilder blames poor performance on too rapid expansion and modular facilities
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In FocusGove cladding deal tracker: how much extra will each housebuilder pay?
Major housebuilders have been announcing they have signed up to Michael Gove’s cladding deal, with some providing estimates of the likely hit to their finances. Here are the key cost details from the statements so far in one place.
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NewsUPDATED: Bellway, Vistry and Countryside latest to sign cladding costs pledge
10 housebuilders have now publicly confirmed they are signing up to Michael Gove’s deal as 53 firms ‘asked to pay up’
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NewsInvestment in UK build-to-rent leaps 50%, says research
Consultancy firm JLL said £1.7b built-to-rent investment deals were made in the UK in the first quarter of 2022
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NewsFormer minister says government had ‘completely false’ idea of fire safety before Grenfell
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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NewsBerkeley and Taylor Wimpey latest to sign developer cladding pledge
Berkeley and Taylor Wimpey have become the latest firms to answer the government’s call for housebuilders to repair blocks going back 30 years.
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NewsPlanning inspector green-lights 495-home scheme in Basildon
Basildon Estates schem approved despite council leader’s objections