Tag Archive: Construction industry

Sep 06

Tories to announce 12 month planning free-for-all

Prime minister’s growth plan gets an extension with raft of proposals aimed at easing burdens on housebuilders

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Aug 18

Britain wins no medals for building homes

With people unable to afford to buy and renting becoming ever more expensive, this national housing shortage is catastrophic market failure

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Aug 16

Charity demands welfare policy rethink as homelessness grows

Councils intervene in 199,000 cases in England but fewer houses are being built

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Jul 30

The deadly scandal in the building trade

Construction workers are blacklisted if they say health and safety rules are being flouted, even though many of their colleagues could die or be maimed

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Jun 29

Recovery weaker than first thought, ONS says

Office for National Statistics confirms that this is the slowest rebound from recession in a generation

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May 17

Government ‘failing to get enough homes built’

Number of completed homes in 2011 less than half what government admits is required annually to meet demand

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