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Timber construction policy roadmap brings new opportunities for industry growth

|Date: 21 December, 2023

Timber construction policy roadmap brings new opportunities for industry growth

The Structural Timber Association has welcomed the launch of the Timber in Construction (TiC) Policy Road ...

The Structural Timber Association has welcomed the launch of the Timber in Construction (TiC) Policy Roadmap by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which sets out a framewo ...

21 December, 2023
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Industry Comment | The next government’s housing policy

|Date: 11 December, 2023

Industry Comment | The next government’s housing policy

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers what w ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers what we can expect from the next government in terms of housing policy and dissects the proposals of ...

11 December, 2023
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Opinion | Housing under the next government

|Date: 25 November, 2019

Opinion | Housing under the next government

The General Election called for 12th December is proving to be about much more than Brexit. The party man ...

The General Election called for 12th December is proving to be about much more than Brexit. The party manifestos include a range of new pledges on public spending, taxation, immigration, the economy, ...

25 November, 2019
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Labour will scrap developer ‘get-out clause’ which has led to the loss of over 10,000 affordable homes

|Date: 24 April, 2019

Labour will scrap developer ‘get-out clause’ which has led to the loss of over 10,000 affordable homes

Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP, has announced that the next Labour Government will scrap ‘permi ...

Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP, has announced that the next Labour Government will scrap ‘permitted development’ rules for new homes, ending a get-out clause which allows developers to dodge ...

24 April, 2019
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