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At a glance: Spending Review 2020 headlines

By 2020-11-26T09:32:00

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Building safety and homebuilding receive funding boosts

As part of yesterday’s Spending Review, chancellor Rishi Sunak promised to invest in UK infrastructure in order to help stimulate the recovery from covid-19.

Promises included increased commitments for housebuilding, delivering on net zero and the revelation of a new UK infrastructure bank, as well as details about the government’s school and hospital building programme.

At the same time the government promised a design champion for every major infrastructure project.

Here are some of the key takeaways that will affect the sector.

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