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Public spending estimated to hit £3.2 trillion over next four years

|Date: 2 March, 2018

Public spending estimated to hit £3.2 trillion over next four years

Public spending in the UK is expected to reach more than £3 trillion over the next four years (the course ...

Public spending in the UK is expected to reach more than £3 trillion over the next four years (the course of the current parliament) in areas such as transport, health, education and defence, accordin ...

2 March, 2018
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Multi-million pound grant awarded to Woking Borough Council for Sheerwater scheme

|Date: 20 February, 2018

Multi-million pound grant awarded to Woking Borough Council for Sheerwater scheme

Woking Borough Council has been awarded a major grant of £9,384,000 from the Government’s Housing Infrast ...

Woking Borough Council has been awarded a major grant of £9,384,000 from the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) to help fund the infrastructure costs for the approved Sheerwater Regenerati ...

20 February, 2018
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Government confirms £866m funding for council-led housing projects

|Date: 1 February, 2018

Government confirms £866m funding for council-led housing projects

The Government’s £866m investment in local housing projects will help up to 200,000 new homes get off the ...

The Government’s £866m investment in local housing projects will help up to 200,000 new homes get off the ground. Housing Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Philip Hammond have announced that 133 co ...

1 February, 2018
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Regenerating estates in partnership with tenants

|Date: 28 November, 2017

Regenerating estates in partnership with tenants

At the Homes 2017 conference, a panel discussion was held to discuss the importance of involving tenants ...

At the Homes 2017 conference, a panel discussion was held to discuss the importance of involving tenants in the regeneration of estates. LABM’s Sophie Taylor finds out more from the event. The discuss ...

28 November, 2017
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LGA calls on government to help councils build new generation of high quality, genuinely affordable homes

|Date: 18 August, 2017

LGA calls on government to help councils build new generation of high quality, genuinely affordable homes

The average new home in England will have to last 2,000 years if the sluggish rate of housebuilding and r ...

The average new home in England will have to last 2,000 years if the sluggish rate of housebuilding and replacement continues, the Local Government Association (LGA) warns. The country has not built e ...

18 August, 2017
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Esh Construction to deliver homes across North-east, Yorkshire and Humber through multi-billion delivery panel

|Date: 16 August, 2017

Esh Construction to deliver homes across North-east, Yorkshire and Humber through multi-billion delivery panel

Esh Construction, an Esh Group company, has won its bid to feature on the Homes and Communities Agency’s ...

Esh Construction, an Esh Group company, has won its bid to feature on the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) new £8bn national housing delivery panel. The Delivery Partner Panel 3 (DPP3) scheme focu ...

16 August, 2017
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Land Release Fund boost for local authorities to transform local communities

|Date: 9 August, 2017

Land Release Fund boost for local authorities to transform local communities

Government launches £54m package to transform local communities and release land for thousands of new hom ...

Government launches £54m package to transform local communities and release land for thousands of new homes. The package comes as part of a new cross-government partnership to make smarter use of gove ...

9 August, 2017
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Housing White Paper — government must continue to unlock the potential of local authorities to solve the housing crisis

|Date: 8 February, 2017

Housing White Paper — government must continue to unlock the potential of local authorities to solve the housing crisis

Following the Housing White Paper announcement, LABM garners a cross section of opinion from housing asso ...

Following the Housing White Paper announcement, LABM garners a cross section of opinion from housing associations, contractors, housebuilders, procurement groups and industry bodies facing the sector. ...

8 February, 2017
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Affordable tenures vital to help alleviate housing crisis

|Date: 24 November, 2016

Affordable tenures vital to help alleviate housing crisis

Aster Group encouraged by government's recognition of the role affordable tenures need to play in tacklin ...

Aster Group encouraged by government's recognition of the role affordable tenures need to play in tackling the housing crisis. Commenting on the Autumn Statement, Amanda Williams, ‎group development d ...

24 November, 2016
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