All Kickstart articles – Page 2
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NewsKickstart cover-up condemned by MPs
Both main parties and former RIBA presidents back our FOI campaign
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OpinionWhat is Cabe trying to hide?
Withholding Kickstart round one information could do long-term damage to housing standards
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NewsHCA chief hits out at BD Kickstart campaign
Chief executive of the Homes & Communities Agency Bob Kerslake has hit back at BD’s Come Clean on Kickstart campaign, claiming that releasing data on design scores would undermine the commercial confidentiality of housebuilders.
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NewsCabe refuses to reveal identities of round one Kickstart schemes
Government design watchdog Cabe was under mounting political pressure today after blocking a Freedom of Information request made by BD about the government’s £1 billion Kickstart stimulus programme.
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NewsThe Petition: Come Clean on Kickstart
BD asks you to join our petition. We are calling on Cabe and the HCA to publish the projects and corresponding scores of housing funded under Kickstart round one.
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NewsDoes witheld information cover a botched quick-fix?
Why is Cabe refusing BD’s freedom of information request?
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NewsHCA rejects calls for Kickstart standard
Despite outcry, agency fails to set minimum threshold for second phase
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OpinionIs the Kickstart programme funding substandard homes?
No, says David Birkbeck, it misses the point and there’s confusion over the scoring; while Wayne Hemingway thinks Kickstart is evidence of an industry that chooses not to deliver good design
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NewsMPs call HCA to account over Kickstart standards
Cross-party fury after agency bails out housing schemes scoring 1.5 out of 20 for design
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Kickstart puts millions into failing housing
Cabe calls 54% of Homes & Communities Agency’s bailed-out schemes ‘very high risk’
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HCA announces Kickstart funding for 3,500 homes
The Homes & Communities Agency has announced a further £153 million in funding under its Kickstart programme.
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Kickstart funding approved for 91 more housing schemes
The Homes & Communities Agency has approved Kickstart funding for a further 91 stalled housing schemes.
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HCA releases £51m for Kickstart
The Homes & Communities Agency has released £51 million for its Kickstart Programme, allowing work to continue at 27 further housing schemes across the country.
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HCA plays down design criteria for Kickstart
The Homes & Community Agency has downplayed Cabe’s role in vetting hundreds of major housing projects hoping to be bailed out under its £1 billion Kickstart initiative
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NewsFirst 10 Kickstart housing schemes to start on site next month
The first 10 schemes to be bailed out by the Homes & Communities Agency’s Kickstart housing scheme will start on site next month.
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New Kickstart round in September
The next phase of bidding for cash under the Homes & Community Agency’s £1 billion Kickstart funding programme will begin in September
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NewsDesign audit for 100s of 'shovel ready' schemes
HCA to give £1bn to ‘kickstart’ housing projects but only if they pass Cabe quality test
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News270 housing projects vie for £1bn in Kickstart money
The full list of the schemes shortlisted to be bailed out by the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme has been revealed.
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Opinion
Russian kickstart for the Kyoto revolution
Climate campaigners were delighted at last week’s news that Russia will ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change. This is a major step forward as it will bring the international agreement into force. It will also further shame the US administration, which refuses to sign up to Kyoto or accept ...
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