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Articles tagged with: Communities & Housing
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Economy
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Summit to tackle construction industry health problems
Industry leaders will come together at a summit to explore ways of eradicating ill health and disease in the construction sector.
Building confidence: Industry experts and policymakers discuss the future of UK construction Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
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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Economy
By Mind
New Crisis report proves DWP's punitive approach is counterproductive, says Mind
Mind response to sanctions research from Crisis
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Economy
By Building Societies Association
Barriers to home ownership fall as housing market sentiment improves
UK consumers have reported that all the major barriers to property purchase have fallen, the BSAs final Property Tracker of 2015 reveals.
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Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
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.
Older workers crucial to curbing construction industry skills gap – new report Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Older workers crucial to curbing construction industry skills gap – new report
The construction industry’s skills gap could be filled by older workers but employers are failing to realise their potential, a new report has found. 
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Communities
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
‘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.
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Economy
By Building Societies Association
Shared Ownership must be recognised as a specific tenure in its own right - BSA
Ahead of the Prime Minister's speech on Shared Ownership Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the Building Societies Associationsays it is time to recognise the scheme as a specific tenure in its own right.
Building affordable housing to support aspiration
Communities
By Brandon Lewis MP
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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Economy
By Federation of Master Builders
A third of construction firms are turned off by taking on apprentices, warns FMB
A third of small construction firms are being put off from taking on apprentices because of the bureaucracy involved, according to a new research report Defusing the skills time bomb published by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
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Communities
By London First
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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Communities
By Building Societies Association
Autumn Statement 2015: London Help-to-Buy is the 'right approach'
The Building Societies Association (BSA) responds to 2015 Autumn Statement
What the Autumn Statement means for the UK construction industry Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
What the Autumn Statement means for the UK construction industry
As the Chancellor George Osborne announces the 2015 Autumn Statement and Comprehensive Spending Review, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides its reaction to the Government’s core commitments that affect the construction industry.
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Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
400K homes at risk from skills shortage, warns FMB
The construction skills shortage could scupper the Chancellors vision for 400,000 new affordable homes, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to todays announcements in the Spending Review.
4.5 million low income households across the UK are facing fuel poverty
Environment
By Drew Hendry MP
4.5 million low income households across the UK are facing fuel poverty
SNP MP Drew Hendry writes in advance of his debate on fuel poverty and calls on the Chancellor to spell out how the Government will reduce fuel poverty in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Spending Review 2015: Apprenticeship Levy ‘could be devastating’ for construction sector training, industry warns Partner content
Education
By Federation of Master Builders
Spending Review 2015: Apprenticeship Levy ‘could be devastating’ for construction sector training, industry warns
Without financial support for SME builders, the Government’s newly proposed Apprenticeship Levy could cause construction apprenticeships to “nosedive”, the Federation of Master Builders warns.
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Communities
By Federation of Master Builders
We need 25k homes a year of all tenures, not just affordable, says FMB
Overcoming the Scottish housing crisis must be the number one priority for the next Scottish Government, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Government must recognise that homes are a vital part of our national infrastructure Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Government must recognise that homes are a vital part of our national infrastructure

Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director of MIMA (the trade body representing Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers) writes ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review and calls for government to make the energy efficiency of our homes an infrastructure priority.
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Communities
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
How flawed housing targets threaten our countryside
New research shows that local housing targets are driven by over-ambition rather than need.
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Communities
By GMB
GMB round up shows 11,766 job cuts in 17 local councils for 2016/17 budgets
A further 30% cut will mean amputations as councils and other public services are forced to decide which services they stop providing altogether says GMB
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Communities
By KPMG LLP
Expect more queues round the block without decisive action on affordable housing, says KPMG
JanCrosby, head of housing atKPMG, comments on the news from Halifax that the average house price has increased by 9.7% to205,000, and that on the same day, aspiring buyers in West London camped out overnight to put down deposits on studio flats due for completion in 2017:
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Economy
By Federation of Master Builders
Are pre-fabricated homes desirable?
The Federation of Master Builders responds to Damian Collins MP's call for ministers to encourage use of pre-fabricated homes.
Radical solutions needed to solve housing crisis
Economy
By Damian Collins MP
Radical solutions needed to solve housing crisis
Ahead of his debate on modern prefabricated housing, Damian Collins MP calls on ministers to support and encourage builders to use this technology. 
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Economy
By Federation of Master Builders
Construction output figures expose impact of skills shortage, says FMB
Todays ONS figures, which show a 2.2% drop in construction output, expose the growing impact of the construction skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).