All Policy articles – Page 63
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NewsGovernment commits to publish OxCam Arc plan next year
Reports had suggested spatial plan for one-million home growth belt had been put back to 2024
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NewsJenrick backs £34bn suburb redevelopment plan
Housing secretary supports Policy Exchange call for streets to grant themselves permission to redevelop
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NewsHousebuilders hail Help to Buy extension
Housing ministry confirms home buyer support scheme extended by two months
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NewsRental evictions ban extended again
Landlord groups say government help needed to protect sector
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CommentGreen Homes Grant fiasco highlights lack of national retrofit programme
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a national programme further out of reach
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NewsHopes government-backed professional indemnity will ease cladding bottleneck
Initiative to help surveyors unable to obtain insurance to sign off EWS1 fire safety forms
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CommentJenrick’s new developer levies are no easy answer to cladding crisis
Support from developers for the levies will surely splinter when detail emerges
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NewsGovernment to claw back unspent Green Homes Grant funding
Just 5% of a £1.5bn retrofit fund has been spent in four months with two months left to spend the remaining 95%
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NewsDevelopers respond to anouncement of £2bn cladding taxes
Government warned that measures to solve building safety crisis could have unintended consequences
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NewsJenrick slammed over £3.5bn cladding fund announcement
Campaigners allege ‘betrayal’ as new money will only cover buildings higher than six storeys, with others forced to take out loans
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NewsRedrow to trial infrared heating to beat gas boiler ban
Housebuilder says it will look at national rollout to meet new regulations from 2025
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NewsJenrick poised to announce £5bn cladding fund
Press reports say housing secretary also considering £2bn developer levy
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NewsThree housebuilders appointed to help form new housing ombudsman
Just one consumer champion appointed to 10-strong board tasked with setting up regulator
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In FocusWill Sunak heed pressure to extend stamp duty cut?
A long extension to the stamp duty holiday would be popular with the industry, but might not solve many problems
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NewsGovernment to announce new cladding plans ‘very shortly’
Housing minister declines to detail new policy, amid reports multi-billion pound fund being considered
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NewsLondon Plan finally adopted
Mayor Sadiq Khan approves much altered document four years after starting work on it
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NewsStarmer calls for up-front funding for cladding replacement
Labour leader to force vote in parliament on issue affecting ‘millions’ of homeowners
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NewsDevelopers line up to oppose new resi conversion right
The British Property Federation says uncontrolled conversion of shops and restaurants to homes will damage high streets
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NewsJenrick publishes draft national design code
Housing secretary sets up Office for Place as part of plan to ‘bring back beauty’
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NewsTube bosses call on London’s builders to walk or cycle to sites
Updated guidance issued for capital’s contractors amid fears of covid transmission on public transport