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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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Minister urges planning flexibility

Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook MP has written to the Planning Inspectorate outlining his expectation that local plans submitted in the current plan-making system should be treated with an appropriate degree of flexibility.

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Contractor fined after accident kills worker

Contractor Lanes Group Limited was fined £800,000, after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches that led to the death of a worker on a construction site in Leeds.

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Report attacks construction analyses that produce short term fixes that do not work

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has published new research on the construction industry’s capacity to meet key targets, including the delivery of 1.5 million new homes by 2029.

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Small nuclear reactor consultation launched

A consultation has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on an application for a regulatory justification decision on the ‘Rolls-Royce SMR’ (small modular reactor).

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Construction Law latest print issue published

The latest issue of Construction Law’s print edition is arriving on subscriber’s desks, and articles can be accessed by subscribers now on the Construction Law website. Editor Nick Barrett suggests that the Treasury could start with a clearer definition of why one multi-million pound project is to be regarded as ‘mega’, yet another isn’t, when it responds to Public Accounts Committee criticism of how it proposes to oversee mega project delivery. 

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