Hold your nerve and cut the cost of building: what construction and housing want from Healey’s first Budget

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With a week to go before Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget, Building asked 24 construction and property industry leaders what they need - and what they fear - from the 28 October

Hold your nerve and cut the cost of building: what construction and housing want from Healey’s first Budget

With a week to go before Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget, Building asked 24 construction and property industry leaders what they need - and what they fear - from the 28 October

Largest 50 Housing Associations 2025: full table

Full sortable data from Housing Today’s analysis of the largest housing associations’ 2024/25 accounts

‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up

Keir Starmer wants his government’s response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the construction industry prepared for it?