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IPA and NIC to be scrapped by a Labour government

The Labour Party will scrap the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) if it wins the General Election, and replace them with a new body to be called the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).

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Council seeks statutory review over planning permission

Reading Borough Council has applied for a statutory review of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' decision to grant planning permission to a 600-home development scheme that had been denied planning permission by the Council.

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Supreme Court supports Sizewell C Development Consent Order

The Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to the Sizewell C nuclear power station Development Consent Order (DCO).

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Government wins landmark remediation legal action

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder that will force it to fix serious building safety issues in a Stevenage tower block.

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Public sector project management slammed in MPs report

Public sector major project capabilities have been slammed by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in a report that says government departments have become over reliant on consultancies and engineering and construction companies as civil service technical and engineering skills have been neglected.

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Scottish Parliament unanimously approves cladding remediation Bill

The Scottish Parliament has unanimously approved legislation that gives Ministers powers to assesses and remediate buildings with unsafe cladding where consent of the owners has not been provided.

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Director gets suspended jail sentence after worker killed

The director of a Croydon-based double glazing company has been given a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches that led to the death of a worker.

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Judicial review sought for key levelling-up road project

Campaigners Transport Action Network (TAN) have launched a legal challenge to the granting of a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the £1.5 billion A66 Northern Trans-Pennine road scheme.

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New rail partnership framework to promote innovation and collaboration

Network Rail has launched a new form of partnership on its £3.5 billion Control Period 7 (CP7) infrastructure investment in the Eastern Region.

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Government climate plan ruled unlawful for a second time

The UK government’s climate plan to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050 was unlawful, Justice Clive Sheldon has ruled in the High Court, in a second legal rejection of its climate policies.

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