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New Lib Dem MP Rejects "Binary" NIMBY VS YIMBY Debate

21 Jul Environment

The new Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire, Pippa Heylings, has said she rejects the concept of a “binary” fight between ‘YIMBYs’ and ‘NIMBYs'.

18 Jul Communities

Angela Rayner Will Pledge To End "Dragon's Den Style" Bidding For Local Authority Funding

17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

14 Jul Communities

New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded

27 Jun Communities

Voters In New Build England Say Conservative Promises Have Been Broken

26 Jun Communities

Labour Rejects "Misinformation" Amid Backlash Over Keir Starmer's Bangladesh Comments

23 Jun Communities

Tory Candidate Claims Labour Risks "Taking The North For Granted"

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Urgent need to prioritise people living with obesity

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22 Jul Health

Urgent need to prioritise people living with obesity

Building societies ready to work with the Government to support first-time buyers, savers and economic growth

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22 Jul Communities

Building societies ready to work with the Government to support first-time buyers, savers and economic growth

Time to listen to construction industry experts if we’re to truly “get Britain building”

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19 Jul Communities

Time to listen to construction industry experts if we’re to truly “get Britain building”

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Lisa Nandy: 'There is a wealth of talent out there we’re just not drawing on'

24 Jul Culture

Tories 'Deserved' To Lose General Election, Says Former Conservative MP

24 Jul Political parties

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Investing in Green Energy Ports

24 Jul Environment

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17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.

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.

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02 Feb 2016 Communities

Concerns raised over Gov't changes to fire prevention

In light of the recent decision to move responsibilityfor fire preventionto the Home Office, the Glass and Glazing Federation raisesconcerns that there will be compromises made between Government departments with relation to fire safety in buildings.

75% more homes built in 2015 than during downturn, new data reveals

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28 Jan 2016 Communities

75% more homes built in 2015 than during downturn, new data reveals

Lewis Sidnick, Director of Corporate Affairs at NHBC welcomes new figures showing that there were 75% more new homes registered to be built in 2015 than during the housing market crash in 2009.

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28 Jan 2016 Communities

NHBC reports continued house-building growth in 2015

- 7% year-on-year increase in NHBC new home registrations - 156,140 new homes registered - representing 8 year high - 75% more new homes registered in 2015 than in 2009

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22 Jan 2016 Communities

CIEH responds to £5m funds to tackle rogue landlords

Following the Housing Ministers announcement of 5m worth of funding for councils to tackle rogue landlords, Bob Mayho, Principal Policy Officer for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), said:

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13 Jan 2016 Communities

Migrant values adapt over just one generation

Migrants thinking styles and social values rapidly shift over a single generation to become more similar to those of the wider society they have moved into, new research has indicated.

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12 Jan 2016 Environment

Flooding in Northern England

Through the month of December 2015 Northern England faced terrible flooding. Communities in Cumbria, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester were faced with the devastating consequences of unprecedented rainfall and inadequate flood defences.

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12 Jan 2016 Communities

Regeneration without gentrification - dilapidated housing in the UK

The Government will allocate 140 million to regenerating dilapidated housing estates across the country.

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11 Jan 2016 Communities

Will regeneration price existing tenants out of their own homes?

The House Builders Association (HBA) welcomes the governments action to regenerate run-down estates.

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06 Jan 2016 Communities

‘Strength from the Depths’ – Ninth Annual Sustainable Development Report for the British Marine Aggregate Industry Published

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has published its ninth annual Sustainable Development (SD) report covering the year 2014.

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04 Jan 2016 Communities

Help for SME house builders welcomed by HBA

The Government has announced that it will be commissioning house building. While this will help build 13,000 homes, 40% of which will be starter homes, this initiative recognises the contribution that SME house builders can make to helping solve the housing crisis by making the scheme more accessible to smaller house builders.

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04 Jan 2016 Communities

Small land parcels are key to delivering Government’s new homes, says FMB

The Governments plans for directly commissioned house building could help tackle the housing crisis but land must be broken down into small and micro parcels wherever possible, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

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18 Dec 2015 Communities

NHBC reports steady new home growth for November

New home registrations in the UK maintained a steady rate of growth throughout November, with similar levels compared to a year ago, according to the latest NHBC figures.

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17 Dec 2015 Environment

CPRE outraged at announcement of fracking licences underneath National Parks and AONBs

The announcement that the Government has issued licences to explore for oil and gas underneath protected areas is outrageous, CPRE said today.

Building confidence: Industry experts and policymakers discuss the future of UK construction

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17 Dec 2015 Communities

Building confidence: Industry experts and policymakers discuss the future of UK construction

Skills Minister Nick Boles and Shadow Business Minister Angela Eagle expressed their aspirations for the UK construction industry at CIOB event held in Parliament this week.

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15 Dec 2015 Communities

Annual funding programme backs new construction research with £50,000

In its first year the Bowen Jenkins Legacy Research Fund run by the Chartered Institute of Building will support construction research projects with up to 10,000 each.

It is time to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales

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14 Dec 2015 Communities

It is time to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales

The President of the British Humanist Association writes on why the legalisation of humanist marriages is long overdue.

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09 Dec 2015 Communities

Have-a-go home owners spend extra £42m to fix DIY disasters

UK home owners are spending an additional 42 million* a year to salvage work around the home that theyve tried to do themselves or abandoned mid-way through.

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08 Dec 2015 Communities

‘Concerning’ Government consultation on NPPF fails to address existing problems

Yesterday the Government published a consultation proposing a raft of new changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). CPRE is very concerned by some of the most striking proposals.

08 Dec 2015 Communities

John Healey: Even Tories think Cameron’s housing policy is ‘stupid economics’

Shadow Housing Minister John Healey describes widespread acknowledgment in Parliament that the Government’s housing strategy is “stupid economics” but “clever politics” and urges the Labour Party to unite and hold Cameron to account.

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07 Dec 2015 Environment

Government's response to litter inquiry long-awaited - but is it adequate?

Over the weekend the Government published its long-awaited responseto the Department for Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into litter(March 2015). The Government then sought to outline a response to the concerning findings by announcing its determination to launch a national campaign against littering.

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07 Dec 2015 Communities

Storm Desmond – reassurance to insurance customers

The ABI is reassuring homeowners and businesses hit by Storm Desmond that insurers are doing everything possible to help them recover.

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07 Dec 2015 Communities

Britons will spend an average of £24 on ‘Secret Santa’ gifts this year - but will give more to charity

A poll by ComRes, conducted on behalf of UK poverty charity Turn2us, has shown that as a nation we will spend on average 23.62 on Secret Santa gifts this Christmas.

01 Dec 2015 Communities

Building affordable housing to support aspiration

With the Government’s new Help to Buy ISAs becoming available today, the Housing Minister sets out the measures being taken to supply enough new UK housing to match homeownership aspirations.

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25 Nov 2015 Communities

Osborne housebuilding measures ‘simply don’t go far enough’

Responding to the Autumn Statement,Will Higham, Director of Campaigns at London First, said:

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