Procurement – Covid-19

Landmark Supreme Court ruling ends nutrient neutrality housebuilding delays

A ruling from the Supreme Court this week could mean construction of thousands of houses held up by ‘nutrient neutrality’ rules can go ahead.

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Details of nuclear bidding requirements revealed

Details have been revealed of the onerous hoops that bidders had to go through to make tender submissions to develop the UK’s small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).

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Late payment legislation to be watered down?

The UK government is considering watering down proposed late payment rules that were announced in July this year.

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Emergency measures to ramp up London housebuilding

Emergency measures have been announced to tackle the housebuilding crisis in London and unlock tens of thousands of homes.

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Promise of £40 Billion of investment if windfall tax scrapped

Trade group Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has announced plans that it says will deliver a £137 billion economic boost and safeguard 160,000 jobs if Chancellor Rachel Reeves reforms the windfall tax in her Budget next month.

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Weak controls may have exposed insulation scheme to fraud

A National Audit Office (NAO) report on failures in the government’s energy efficiency scheme for homes says possible explanations why so much of the work was of such a poor standard include an under-skilled workforce, subcontracting to individuals and firms who are not competent or certified, uncertainty over which standards applied to which jobs, and businesses ‘cutting corners’ when undertaking design and installation work.

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Roads contractor fined £1 million over employee death on site

Term maintenance roads contractor Marlborough Highways Limited has been fined £1 million after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches that led to the death of a worker on a London road resurfacing contract.

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PAC no more certain of government’s ability to deliver HS2 than a decade ago

Public Account Committee Chair Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown’s first annual report as Chairman has criticised the continued failure of the DfT and HS2 LTD to work together effectively to ensure adequate financial oversight of the project.

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Chancellor ‘takes on the blockers’ to get Britain building

New infrastructure that can be held up by lengthy legal challenges will be delivered faster under new planning reform proposals announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week.

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Lawyers divided on impact of planning reforms

Lawyers are divided on whether reforms to the government’s National Planning Policy Framework are delivering on promises to unleash a wave of housebuilding, says a research report.

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