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My amendment protecting playgrounds will help restore pride in place
Health
By Tom Hayes MP
My amendment protecting playgrounds will help restore pride in place
We have an opportunity to revive playgrounds across England, at no extra cost to the Treasury. Doing so would help our constituents reconnect with their local areas.
10 Ways To Revive Our Economy
Economy
10 Ways To Revive Our Economy
Why is the UK so slow to build? Sam Dumitriu, head of policy at Britain Remade, shares the think tank’s best ideas for injecting new life into the country
Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
Environment
Labour MP Warns Planning Reforms Could Overwhelm Environment Regulator
A Labour MP has raised concern about the feasibility of a key plank of the government's planning reforms.
Why Britain Can't Build
Economy
Why Britain Can't Build
We can’t start to clear away the blockers until we understand how we erected them in the first place; Michael Dnes details how thousands of sane decisions have led us to the current madness. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
How house building can revolutionise health outcomes and drive science Partner content
Health
By Epilepsy Society
How house building can revolutionise health outcomes and drive science
Clare Pelham, Chief Executive at the Epilepsy Society explains how brave and far-sighted planning decisions could ultimately save lives
The Warm Homes Plan: a path to energy efficiency and net-zero goals Partner content
Energy
By Building Research Establishment (BRE)
The Warm Homes Plan: a path to energy efficiency and net-zero goals
Jane Goddard, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Building Research Establishment (BRE), is calling for a focus on retrofitting the least energy-efficient homes to help reduce fuel poverty.
1.5 million homes – why we must deliver quality, sustainability and safety Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
1.5 million homes – why we must deliver quality, sustainability and safety
Government has put housing at the heart of unlocking growth in the UK, committing to deliver the biggest housebuilding programme in two generations with significant, controversial planning reforms announced to enable progress.
The UK’s construction industry: delivering a better and more sustainable future for all Partner content
Communities
By Chartered Institute of Building
The UK’s construction industry: delivering a better and more sustainable future for all
Mike Kagioglou, the new President of the Chartered Institute of Building, has chosen the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as the theme for his year in post
Pro-Building Group Urges Labour To Keep Bigger London Housing Target
Communities
Pro-Building Group Urges Labour To Keep Bigger London Housing Target
A pro-housing group is urging the Government to consider keeping the London housing target at 100,000 a year, rather than go ahead with plans to lower it to 80,000.
It’s time for less talk, more action on infrastructure Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
It’s time for less talk, more action on infrastructure
Major infrastructure projects can power economic growth, but for years, projects have been subject to delays, cutbacks, and cancellations. The new Government should take a fresh approach.
NFB Manifesto: “Supporting Construction to Power Growth” Partner content
Home affairs
By National Federation of Builders
NFB Manifesto: “Supporting Construction to Power Growth”
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has released its 2024 Election Manifesto, titled: ‘Supporting Construction to Power Growth’.
Opportunities for future proofing the construction industry – CIOB launches manifesto ahead of general election Partner content
Home affairs
By Chartered Institute of Building
Opportunities for future proofing the construction industry – CIOB launches manifesto ahead of general election
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched its manifesto ahead of the next UK General Election on 4 July, outlining how a future government can support the built environment sector.
Partner content
Social affairs
By National Federation of Builders
Stronger Compulsory Purchase Powers Back Builders, Not Blockers
The Government has announced that councils will be able to buy land for development using Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) without paying inflated ‘hope value’ costs.
Salvaging the future: why Britain must build sustainably
Environment
By Justine Smith
Salvaging the future: why Britain must build sustainably
Britain has a housing crisis but building our way out of it will make it still harder to meet climate change targets. Justine Smith explores what can be done to provide enough homes at the least environmental cost. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
RAAC to Basics: Putting Maintenance at the Heart of Infrastructure Partner content
Environment
By UKCRIC
RAAC to Basics: Putting Maintenance at the Heart of Infrastructure
Concerns about concrete in public buildings hit the headlines ahead of the new school year. PoliticsHome sat down with a panel of academic experts from UKCRIC to explore the challenge of maintaining the nation’s buildings and infrastructure and to find out what lessons we can learn.
Neurodiverse workers more prevalent in construction: new NFB research finds Partner content
Health
By National Federation of Builders
Neurodiverse workers more prevalent in construction: new NFB research finds
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has discovered that neurodiversity is not only common amongst construction workers, but being neurodiverse is actually encouraging people to pursue a career in construction, following a survey of 1000 UK adults working in construction commissioned by the NFB.
The Government claims to be green: its policies on building tax are anything but
Communities
By JS Curl
The Government claims to be green: its policies on building tax are anything but
I find myself in an almost constant state of despair when I consider the way in which this nation is being run, especially when it comes to hideously blighted towns and cities, dereliction, vandalism, the destruction of fine old buildings which seem to have a habit of ‘going on fire’ as though they spontaneously combust, when it is certain they have been deliberately torched, and a great deal more.