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Social housing swallows infrastructure spend

As the government prioritises its spending, across the country infrastructure schemes are being put on hold as the dwindling pot is shifted into social housing…

Tories tell councils: hold build plans until election

04/09/2009 | By Crispin Dowler The Conservative shadow communities secretary has advised councils to put off controversial housing developments and policy dec…

Streetwise - market updates

The cost of turning an "old" home into an "eco" home

How to defuse a time bomb

Central and local government must do something to stimulate housing output or we face a nationwide shortage. John Stewart has some suggestions

Clampdown threatens 13% hike in labour costs

Government determined to force through plan to put all construction workers on PAYE system

Housing minister outlines further details of definition of zero carbon

The news came as John Healey, minister for housing, outlined some further details on the definition of zero carbon, which housebuilders will have to meet by 20…

HBF report shows optimism for housing market

The latest survey by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has found that 60% of housebuilders reported an increase in sales compared to the same period a year ag…

No more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment

The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades. Well, he's not moaning anymore: he's getting his money, or else

Affordable housing: Where next?

In 2007, when house prices were still soaring, the government promised to build 70,000 affordable homes a year by 2010/11. But the housing prices crash and th…

Builders demand new carbon pledge

House builders have questioned who will pick up the bill for the Government's reiterated pledge for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016.