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NewsPlanning reform expected to be at the heart of today’s King’s Speech
Labour to outline its policy priorities later today with more than 35 draft bills
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NewsArchitects slam Labour’s green-investment U-turn
Group dubs scrapping £28bn-a-year pledge “a massive missed opportunity to show true climate leadership”
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NewsJohn Lewis boss calls for royal commission to save high streets
Sharon White says planning, taxation, crime, environmental policy, housing and transport issues must be “considered as a whole”
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NewsDLUHC admits handing £1.9bn of housing funds back to Treasury
Officials say affordable homes cash can be used in later years but £1.2bn of Help to Buy funds is lost
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NewsBurnham eyes scrapping Right to Buy
Greater Manchester mayor’s comments come after Labour’s shadow housing secretary pledges support for policy
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NewsArchitects voice fears about ‘character’ and ‘beauty’ tweaks to planning rules
RIBA also tells ministers it’s “not convinced” that measures to boost housing delivery go far enough
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NewsMinisters rapped for Boiler Upgrade Scheme failings
£450m programme hit by low take-up and unlikely to drive market change for low-carbon heating, House of Lords committee warns
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NewsGove admits building regs were ‘faulty and ambiguous’ before Grenfell
But housing secretary says construction-industry players have greater culpability in 2017 tragedy
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OpinionDay four at the Tory conference: Truss bets the bank on low tax and the magic money tree
Liz Truss is promising that reducing tax will magically reverse Britain’s economic decline but history suggests there are no easy fixes, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionDay three at the Tory conference: Rees-Mogg tinkers while business despairs
Government is ignoring the experts as uncertainty reigns and the business secretary promises more unwanted regulatory changes, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionDay two at the Tory conference: U-turns and Brexit cast shadow over growth agenda
The chancellor’s change of heart grabbed the headlines but yesterday saw rumours over HS2 dispelled, calls for more SME housebuilders and Lord Heseltine make a last stand for EU membership
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OpinionDay one at the Tory conference: is levelling-up dead in the water?
Tax U-turns notwithstanding, ministers appear to be in denial about the radical shift in direction under Liz Truss, Ben Flatman reports from the Conservative Party conference
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NewsKhan pledges to double council-housing target for London
Mayor says work will start on 20,000 new local-authority homes by 2024
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NewsJenrick says ministers ‘lack political will’ to tackle housing crisis
Former secretary of state warns 300,000-homes-a-year manifesto commitment will not be met
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NewsGove signals end of 300,000-homes-a-year commitment
Housing secretary says aiming for one target risks “making an enemy of the common good”
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NewsQueen’s Speech 2022: architects question feasibility of ‘street votes’ policy
Councils will need to have sufficient funding to make the government’s local design code plan work, architects warn
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OpinionWhat can we expect from the Queen’s Speech?
Ben Derbyshire is optimistic that Gove will propose a range of innovative proposals
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NewsGove confirms plans for local design codes
Housing secretary takes aim at ”modernist architects who sneer at what the rest of us actually like”
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NewsClarity on regs ‘could reverse decline in London tower schemes’
Expert says new regime offers more certainty as Building Safety Bill receives royal assent
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NewsBen Derbyshire blasts lack of architects on New Homes Quality Board
Former RIBA president slams “inexplicable” absence of design expertise on body to police house-building industry