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North Sea licences challenge goes to High Court

A challenge to 31 North Sea oil and gas exploration licences granted by the Conservative government has been heard in the High Court this week.

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Liquidated company fined for safety failings that led to an employee’s death

A company now in liquidation has been fined £90,000 and ordered to pay costs of £28,956 following the death of worker Maciej Rozanski who fell through a roof on a site in Dudley.

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Building Safety Levy implementation delayed until 2026, Government confirms

The Building Safety Levy will come into effect in autumn 2026, the government has confirmed in its response to the technical consultation on its introduction.

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Landmark planning Bill gets second reading

The government’s ‘landmark’ Planning and Infrastructure Bill received its Second Reading in parliament this week, successfully passing this key milestone.

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Private finance can contribute to UK economic growth, says NAO report

The National Audit Office (NAO) has set out 12 key considerations for government to consider as it develops funding approaches for its ten year infrastructure investment strategy, in which private finance of some type is widely anticipated to feature.

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Major contractor speaks out against renegotiating HS2 contracts

Balfour Beatty Chief Executive Leo Quinn has said HS2 should not prioritise re-negotiating its contracts, as was suggested should be done in a Public Accounts Committee report in February, and should instead focus on delivery of the controversial project.

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Fire safety costs appeals being heard this week

Developer Get Living is appealing this week against a ruling that it should help foot the bill for fire safety work in the former Olympic athletes’ village in east London in what is seen as a potentially landmark test case. A separate Building Safety Act appeal relating to the costs of fire safety works at Hippersley Point in southeast London, is also being heard this week.

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Scotland aims to build on lead in offshore wind investment

Scotland aims to be the century’s global leader in clean, secure energy with a potential £100 billion offshore wind market to be captured, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney told an investment conference in Edinburgh.

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Building Safety Levy is unfair and punitive, say house builders

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking for the proposed Building Safety Levy to be ‘reconsidered’, and for product manufacturers, who were heavily criticised by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report, to be forced to make a bigger contribution.

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Developer pays £88,000 over health and safety breaches

A London property developer has been fined £63,000 and ordered to pay £25,622 costs after being found guilty of multiple health and safety offences.

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