All local government articles
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CommentNow Reform UK are serious contenders, should the built environment despair or rejoice?
A government led by Nigel Farage would probably move faster on planning than its predecessors, but he may well find reality is harder to control than rhetoric, writes Richard Steer
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CommentWhat Wren’s exit tells us about the professional indemnity insurance market
The mutual insurer’s decision to wind down reflects a system stretched by cladding claims, extended liabilities and shifting regulation. Denise Chevin argues we need to find a way to share risk more fairly
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CommentWill government’s aspirations for good design be derailed by under-resourced planning departments?
Pro-building planning reforms are undoubtedly a good thing for our industry but we must be careful to ensure that legitimate community concerns can still be heard, writes Denise Chevin
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CommentChancellor’s ironclad fiscal rules are protecting construction – for now
The government is stuck in a spending straitjacket of its own making. However, borrowing for investment will help to sustain future workload for construction, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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CommentLabour’s devolution revolution: Ambitious and risky but it makes a lot of sense
Labour’s alternative to a failed levelling up strategy is a much more ambitious programme of devolution. Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis considers the implications for development and construction
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NewsLabour removes ‘levelling up’ from department and ministerial titles
DLUHC to be return to former name MHCLG as Angela Rayner describes phrase as a “gimmick”
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NewsNottingham City Council declares itself ‘bankrupt’ over £23m budget black hole
Council also issued a section 114 notice two years ago when it unlawfully used housing revenue funds to support other finances
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NewsTributes paid to ‘remarkable’ Lord Bob Kerslake following death
Former head of civil service dies from cancer