All Policy articles – Page 74
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NewsJenrick defends Westferry decision as Labour piles on pressure
Housing secretary says in Parliament his decision to approve Tory donor’s £1bn east London scheme made in good faith
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NewsLabour brands cladding delays a ‘national disgrace’
Party says 56,000 people living in blocks with dangerous cladding three years after Grenfell blaze
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NewsGovernment should take over cladding risk tower blocks
Select committee calls for the government to increase funding and consider using CPOs where work to repair blocks hasn’t happened
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NewsRichard Desmond paid £12,000 for seat at Tory fundraising dinner
Housing minister confirms media mogul raised £1bn Westferry scheme with housing secretary prior to project’s controversial approval
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NewsLabour to quiz government over Jenrick’s ‘biased’ Westferry decision
Pressure grows with revelation that developer donated £12,000 to Tory Party after £1bn scheme approved
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NewsJenrick calls for “first principles” reform of the planning system
Housing secretary’s comments come after weekend reports he is working on radical reform package with Dominic Cummings
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NewsSite workers to wear ‘social distance’ wristbands
Regional housebuilder Bewley is to roll out technology which ‘buzzes’ workers that stand too close
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NewsInadequate UK housing blamed for spread of covid
Lord Kerslake calls for housebuilding package to address overcrowding and ’reunite housing and heath policy’
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NewsHomes England loans £300m to London megaprojects
Housing agency agrees funding package to kickstart work at Brent Cross, Silvertown and Barking Riverside
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NewsLack of homes for older people prevents vital downsizing
Reports predicts 13m spare rooms in older people’s homes by 2040 due to lack of options to move
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NewsLabour calls for inquiry into ‘biased’ Westferry approval
Demand comes as details of meeting between secretary of state and media mogul behind scheme emerge
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NewsConstruction leaders group calls for Help to Buy extension
Call for extension to December completion cut-off comes as part of construction industry’s post-covid recovery plan
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NewsGLA loans private developer £50m to build quicker
London mayor Sadiq Khan agrees loan to accelerate construction of 2,000 homes by Mount Anvil
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NewsEmployers to start paying part of furloughed workers' wages from September
But firms will have to start paying NI and pension costs from August
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NewsBusinesses to pay a fifth of furloughed workers’ wages
Chancellor will today unveil change to job-saving initiative to take effect from August
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NewsA quarter of housing sites have restarted
Exclusive data shows that covid crisis is keeping a third of sites shut despite government pressure to restart work
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NewsCovid recovery plan for construction due next week
Construction Leadership Council heading up initiative
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NewsHomes England invests £61m in Cambridgeshire new town
Urban Civic’s claims 6,500-home Waterbeach scheme the largest project to start since onset of covid pandemic