All Policy articles – Page 61
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NewsIndustry awaits stamp duty news in Sunak’s second budget
Extension to current holiday expected alongside tax rises as chancellor tries to claw back cost of covid
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NewsSunak to launch mortgage guarantee scheme
Chancellor to use Budget to unveil policy to support 95% LTV mortgages
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NewsGovernment defeats rebels over Fire Safety Bill
Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down
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NewsMarket alone won’t solve housing crisis, says former PM advisor
Grenfell and pandemic may have brought us to a ‘Beveridge moment’, says Tory MP
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NewsGovernment faces fire safety bill rebellion
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
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NewsSunak to agree three-month stamp duty extension
Newspaper reports suggest chancellor to use budget to lengthen holiday on duty for properties under £500k
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NewsHomes England steps in to unlock stalled Yorkshire sites
Housing quango to buy schemes in Harrogate for more than 800 homes
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NewsHousing ministry to set up Wolverhampton HQ
Housing secretary says Wolverhampton move will put decision-makers closer to regional voices
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NewsCouncils and ‘for-profits’ to sign long-term affordable housing deals
Details of ‘strategic partnerships’ programme confirm expansion to deliver thousands of homes
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In FocusThe housing ombudsman and its consumer protection challenge
Critics say the new ‘independent’ regulator is anything but, and has been set up to repeat mistakes of the past. Joey Gardiner talks to key players to find out what is at stake
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NewsChurch calls for urgent cross-party housing strategy
Landmark report says Church of England must re-use its own land for affordable housing
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NewsGovernment commits to publish OxCam Arc plan next year
Reports had suggested spatial plan for one-million home growth belt had been put back to 2024
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NewsJenrick backs £34bn suburb redevelopment plan
Housing secretary supports Policy Exchange call for streets to grant themselves permission to redevelop
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NewsHousebuilders hail Help to Buy extension
Housing ministry confirms home buyer support scheme extended by two months
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NewsRental evictions ban extended again
Landlord groups say government help needed to protect sector
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CommentGreen Homes Grant fiasco highlights lack of national retrofit programme
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a national programme further out of reach
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NewsHopes government-backed professional indemnity will ease cladding bottleneck
Initiative to help surveyors unable to obtain insurance to sign off EWS1 fire safety forms
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CommentJenrick’s new developer levies are no easy answer to cladding crisis
Support from developers for the levies will surely splinter when detail emerges
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NewsGovernment to claw back unspent Green Homes Grant funding
Just 5% of a £1.5bn retrofit fund has been spent in four months with two months left to spend the remaining 95%
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NewsDevelopers respond to anouncement of £2bn cladding taxes
Government warned that measures to solve building safety crisis could have unintended consequences