News tagged government
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Lib Dems housing spokesperson accuses government of not ‘addressing affordability challenge’
Gideon Amos said: “We want 150,000 [social homes] a year at least, which I recognise will take time, but the government is only looking at something like 18,000 a year." The post Lib Dems housing spokesperson accuses government of not ‘addressing affordability challenge’ appeared first on Property Week.
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Help to Buy offered ‘high value for money’ and boosted housing supply, official report finds
Analysis commissioned by government fuels calls from housebuilders for fresh demand-side intervention to boost market
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Brick deliveries plunge 23% as materials demand weakens
Seasonally adjusted brick deliveries in Great Britain slumped 22.8 per cent year on year in July, according to new government figures. Deliveries fell to 95.4 million bricks from 123.5 million in July 2025. They were also 10 per cent lower than in June, extending a… The post Brick deliveries plunge 23% as materials demand weakens appeared first on Construction News.
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Tariffs imposed on Chinese cherry picker imports to defend UK sector
The government has imposed anti-dumping tariffs on imports of cherry pickers from China to support UK producers. The measures came into force last month following an investigation by the Trade… The post Tariffs imposed on Chinese cherry picker imports to defend UK sector appeared first on Construction Management.
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New towns must include transport infrastructure from start, says report
The 1.5M houses and new towns planned by the government will fail to support sustainable communities if the masterplanning does not consider transport infrastructure from the start, a report from the University of Hertfordshire has warned. The post New towns must include transport infrastructure from start, says report appeared first on New Civil Engineer.
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Cheating or Competing? Price-fixing
Short descriptor video on what price-fixing is, why it's wrong and what you can do to stop it.
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The Group has focussed on four key areas: new procurement models, the „Intelligent Client‟, the effectiveness of frameworks and cross-government collaboration in procurement.
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HM Gov - British Energy Security Strategy, 06042022
The UK Government has now issued its latest Energy (Supply) Strategy which aims to boost UK energy independence and tackle rising prices. Up to 95% of the UK's electricity could come from low-carbon sources by 2030 Concern has been raised that the Strategy: - does not include new policies on insulating buildings; - that it proposes to seek more oil & gas in the North Sea; and - is it right to expand our Nuclear provision However, the investment with renewables is being welcomed
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A rail review was originally commissioned in 2018 after the failure of the East Coast franchise, as well as serious disruption caused by timetable changes in May 2018. Williams-Shapps review caused ripples in the rail industry earlier in 2021: It revealed that a new company – Great British Railways (GBR) – will combine responsibility for rail infrastructure and train operations for the first time since rail privatisation in the 1990s
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What HS2 could have learnt from HS1 - New Civil Engineer
Lessons learnt and approaches taken for HS1
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