RIBA criticises Spring Budget for ignoring retrofit and planning departments

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Simon Allford said bolder action is needed to achieve levelling up ambitions

RIBA has criticised yesterday’s budget for making no mention of energy efficiency improvements and providing no funding for under-resourced planning departments.

While the institute’s president Simon Allford welcomed the Spring Budget’s measures on regeneration schemes and levelling up, he said bolder action on both was needed to make an impact.

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