All Policy articles – Page 79
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NewsGrenfell inquiry delayed by legal tussle
Evidence session postponed until at least Wednesday as witnesses claim right not to incriminate themselves
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NewsBuilding control approved Grenfell without seeing full plans
Council apologises unreservedly for failures including insufficient recordkeeping
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NewsIndustry responds to beauty commission report
Housebuilders and architects call for action on VAT, permitted development and placemaking champions
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NewsIlke partners with green developer Positive Homes for zero-carbon homes
Modular housebuilder has provided nine houses already in partnership with Positive Homes in Nottinghamshire
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NewsGovernment launches £1bn loan scheme for SME builders
Housing secretary says Enable Build scheme will help deliver housebuilding targets
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NewsPlanning fast-track for beautiful schemes urges commission
Building Better Building Beautiful Commission calls for government to embed beauty in planning system
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NewsGrenfell inquiry halts as key witnesses ask for immunity from prosecution
Former employees from main contractor Rydon among those who have threatened not to answer questions
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NewsConsultants knew about cladding risk, Grenfell inquiry hears
Evidence submitted by manufacturer Celotex reveals email chain in which firms suggest cladding would fail
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NewsKey players in Grenfell refurb to give evidence
Architect, contractor and specialists to speak as public inquiry restarts today following resignation of panel member
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NewsEdinburgh sets out £2.5bn council housing plan
Support for 6,000 build-to-rent properties included in the scheme
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NewsMore young people getting on the housing ladder
Homeownership rising among 25- to 34-year-olds but stable overall, latest government figures show
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NewsPlan to toughen combustibles ban may damage CLT sector further
Experts say government proposal could worsen current impact, with L G, Swan and Lendlease having already backed away from using timber
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NewsUnite wins permission for student flats on Bristol hospital site
Housing firm’s 416-bed scheme forms part of wider partnership with university
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NewsHSE to run post-Grenfell safety regulator
New body was originally expected to include local authorities, fire and rescue services
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NewsIndustry welcomes plan to toughen combustibles ban
Height at which post-Grenfell ban enforced to be lowered from 18m to 11m among raft of measures
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NewsMost new homes of ‘poor’ or ‘mediocre’ design
National housing audit finds “unethical” housebuilders are designing just 26% of homes well
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NewsNumber of Home Building Fund loans slump by nearly 50%
Homes England admits the value of loans to small and medium-sized builders also dropped 44% last year
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NewsDangerous cladding identified in more private towers
Just 23 of 197 blocks have solved risk from ACM since Grenfell fire
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NewsJenrick overrules officials over 44-storey east London resi towers
Housing secretary approves 1,524-home scheme from former Daily Express proprietor Richard Desmond
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NewsPermitted development ‘still producing slums’
Former housing minister Nick Raynsford calls for urgent reform in update to planning review