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Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works

15 May Communities

A Conservative former Cabinet minister has said he could try to change the government’s flagship leasehold bill in an effort to improve reporting for buildings that need safety work completing in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

01 May Communities

Everything You Need To Know About The 2024 Local Elections

21 Apr Health

Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them "Better MPs"

19 Apr Communities

Quarter Of Tory Councillors Think Adult Social Care Is Underfunded In Their Area

17 Apr Communities

Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image

27 Mar Communities

Londoners Are More Concerned About Cost Of Living And Housing Than Crime

25 Mar Health

Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce Only Met Twice Last Year

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An international call to G7 leaders for financial commitments to fight neglected tropical diseases

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13 May Health

An international call to G7 leaders for financial commitments to fight neglected tropical diseases

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13 May Communities

Harnessing North East Devolution

08 May Environment

Skilled labour shortage is stunting our green revolution

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14 May Parliament

Lord Sandwich reviews: 'I Seek a Kind Person'

14 May Books & culture

Keir Starmer Pledges "First Steps" For Labour Government

16 May Political parties

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23 Apr Communities

Closing time: what next for London's pubs?

Few sectors of industry have taken more of a beating in the last few years than that of the British pub. Jimmy McIntosh has been documenting those in London that have died, and asks what it means for the communities they serve

21 Apr Health

Politicians Running The London Marathon Say It Makes Them "Better MPs"

MPs have said running makes them better at their jobs, as a record 20 MPs and peers from different parties will be taking part in the London Marathon today.

17 Apr Communities

Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image

Tory MP Ben Bradley, who is also the Conservative candidate for the East Midlands mayoralty, has said he is trying to separate his own campaign from the image of his party, as there is "clearly not a brilliant national picture".

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16 Mar 2015 Communities

BSA launches Housing at the Heart of Government: a Manifesto for change

In a bid to stimulate the debate that is necessary to tackle the failures in the UK housing market, the Building Societies Association (BSA) has today published Housing at the heart of Government: a manifesto for change.

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12 Mar 2015 Communities

Construction apprenticeships have plummeted

Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders, said:

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11 Mar 2015 Communities

Increase in public demand for new homes needs to be addressed, says FMB

Public support for new house building is increasing and needs to be addressed if we are to tackle Britains growing housing crisis, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to new findings from the British Social Attitudes Survey.

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11 Mar 2015 Environment

Brownfield regeneration must be backed by better policy

CPRE paper illustrates we can do much more to ensure the highest quality housing development on brownfield land

Gov't must stop ‘short-sighted’ selling off of public land

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09 Mar 2015 Communities

Gov't must stop ‘short-sighted’ selling off of public land

Martyn Evans, Creative Director of the Cathedral Group Ltd, warns that £2.3bn worth of local authority assets could be undersold over the next five years, costing nearly £230 million over the lifetime of the next Parliament.

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06 Mar 2015 Communities

Regulation of Volumetric Concrete Mixers Long Overdue Says MPA

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has urged Government to end the loopholes which enable volumetric concrete mixers to sidestep HGV regulations.

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06 Mar 2015 Communities

Stop NI construction becoming export industry, says FMB

The Northern Ireland Executive must stem the tide of construction workers leaving the province to work on the mainland by committing to greater levels of capital spending and ensuring announced projects go ahead, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

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06 Mar 2015 Communities

Ecobuild 2015: Launch of Concrete Industry’s 7th Sustainability Performance Report Demonstrates Progress but There is No Complacency

The concrete industrys 7th Sustainability Performance report was launched at Ecobuild this week.

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04 Mar 2015 Education

Constructing change

MPs across party lines welcome a new report by the Chartered Institute of Building which analyses the effect of migration on the construction industry.

04 Mar 2015 Environment

We must protect our food-growing land

Labour MP for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy sets the context for her Westminster Hall debate today; the threat to an award winning food growing project in her constituency

04 Mar 2015 Communities

Nowhere to go – the action we need to tackle the Tories’ affordable housing crisis

Shadow Minister and Nottingham South MP Lilian Greenwood says that the next government has to improve the quality of housing and end the scandal of cold homes

03 Mar 2015 Communities

Building a better future for the construction industry

Commenting on the newly released Chartered Institute of Building report on the effect of migration on UK construction, Labour MP Steve Rotheram calls for a greater focus on training to fill the skills gap as the sector expands.

Use of migrant workers should not stop training in construction – new report

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03 Mar 2015 Communities

Use of migrant workers should not stop training in construction – new report

In a new report on migration and UK construction, the Chartered Institute of Building calls for a greater focus on training rather than reliance on migrant workers to fill the skills gap in the sector.

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02 Mar 2015 Communities

Migrant labour vital to construction but should not be a substitute for training, says CIOB

With the 2015 UK General Election fast approaching and the immigration debate likely to be central to the decision making of the electorate, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is launching a report to share the construction industrys stance on the issue.

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02 Mar 2015 Communities

MPA comment on Conservative housing pledge

Commenting on todays keynote speech on housing by the Prime Minister, including the commitment to build 200,000 starter homes, Nigel Jackson, Chief Executive, Mineral Products Association (MPA), highlighted the need to ensure that the housing supply chain is capable of meeting significant increases in housing demand.

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02 Mar 2015 Communities

CIOB responds to Cameron's housing pledge

Commenting on the Prime Minister's starter homes pledge, the Chartered Institute of Buildingsaid:

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02 Mar 2015 Communities

Conservative Housing Plans Need to Focus on Small Builders, says FMB

Conservative Party plans to deliver 200,000 new homes for first-time buyers is a welcome ambition but needs to be delivered by a range of builders to ensure good quality design and diversity, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

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27 Feb 2015 Communities

Risky Business

Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association Robin Fieth warns that changes to credit risk rules, currently under consideration by the Basel Committee, would lead to higher lending costs and damage the UK housing market.

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24 Feb 2015 Communities

Santander to launch £100M scheme for SME housebuilders

Santander Corporate Commercial is to launch a new scheme worth 100m to support SME housebuilders. The scheme will contribute to addressing the challenges of the UK housing market, as well as creating jobs.

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23 Feb 2015 Environment

Electrical Safety First welcomes funding for product safety

Electrical Safety First is delighted that Jo Swinson, Minister for Consumer Affairs, has announced that an extra 400,000 is being made available to support Trading Standards stop dangerous goods being sold in the UK.

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22 Feb 2015 Communities

Daley enjoys golden return to Plymouth

Tom Daley returned to Plymouth and took back his British title on the final day of the British Gas Championships.

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20 Feb 2015 Communities

Protecting private tenants in Scotland

Margaret Burgess MSP, Minister for Housing and Welfare and Bob Doris MSP, joined Phil Buckle, Director General of Electrical Safety First, to highlight the new requirement for landlords in Scotland to carry out regular electrical safety checks of their rented accommodation.

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20 Feb 2015 Communities

‘Picking up the tab’ for Right to Buy

Moat responds to new analysis revealing that there is only one council house built for every 21 sold off, saying it is more evidence that Right to Buy gifts a lot of public money away without giving taxpayers much in return.

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18 Feb 2015 Communities

Building expectations

Dave Bentley, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) National President, reveals the side of the industry not seen on TV.

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