Procurement – Covid-19

Crown Estate partnership to unlock £24 billion of developments

The Crown Estate and Lendlease have agreed a partnership that it is hoped will unlock housing and science innovation hubs across the UK worth £24 billion.

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Ministry rejects New Towns cost estimates as ‘purely speculative’

Government plans for a dozen new towns in England could cost up to £48 billion, according to a report examining the best locations to build them. The report from WPI Strategy however was immediately rejected by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) as ‘extremely speculative’.

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Builders call for licensing system to be introduced

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has launched a model for licensing building companies, after a decade long campaign and cross-industry collaboration to get the issue on the Government’s agenda.

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New partnership model proposed for next-generation privately funded infrastructure

Development, building and property services specialist Wates Group has launched a ‘white paper’ calling for the government to rethink its position on private finance to deliver real growth for the UK economy.

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Supreme Court ruling makes it easier to sue designers and builders for building safety defects

The Supreme Court has handed down a judgment in a case involving its first consideration of the Building Safety Act 2022, which is being seen as a victory for developers by making it easier to sue suppliers for historic building safety defects.

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Pensions pledge to invest in UK infrastructure ahead of pensions investment review

Up to £50 billion of investment for UK businesses and major infrastructure projects could be unlocked through a new agreement signed this week (13 May) between the government and Britain’s biggest pension funds.

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Caterpillar accused of lack of candour as anti dumping judicial review bid fails

The Government has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority’s recommendation to impose new anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of excavators from China to the UK.

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Contractor and four others face manslaughter charges over death of member of the public

Contractor Higgins Homes has been charged with corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences and four employees with gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a woman who was hit by a pallet of bricks that fell from a crane.

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Government not to be trusted to mark own homework on building safety, MP’s say

The government should introduce an independent national oversight mechanism and not be ‘left marking its own homework’ when implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, says the House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee in a letter to Secretary of State Angela Rayner.

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‘Major milestone’ reached in energy infrastructure planning

In what is said to be a ‘major milestone’ for the planning of the UK’s energy network, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband has formally approved the methodology to be used by the National Energy System Operator (NESO) in developing the UK’s first Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP).

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