Tag: Government
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Government raked in £1.4bn in stamp duty before the March 30th deadline, as calls to remove the tax grow
UK homebuyers shelled out an extraordinary £1.4 billion in stamp duty in March 2025 as they scrambled to beat major tax threshold cuts, according to new HMRC figures. This surge marked a 34% jump from February and a 63% increase compared to March 2024, highlighting how thousands rushed transactions to avoid steep hikes set for…
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Grenfell Tower: government appoints demolition contractor
Deconstruct has been the Grenfell Tower site’s principal contractor, responsible for its structural propping, security and maintenance, site clearance, and weekly monitoring of the building’s condition since 2017. This, MHCLG added, gives the company “unique site knowledge”. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Government caves in as wood burning stoves allowed in Future Homes Standard, despite health warnings
The UK government has confirmed that modern wood-burning stoves will be permitted as secondary heating sources in new and self build homes under the forthcoming Future Homes Standard. The Ministry of Housing confirmed in a letter: “Under the standards proposed in the consultation, a wood burning stove would be permitted as a secondary heating source…
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Government names CEO of new infrastructure body
She is currently a partner at consultancy giant EY, and prior to that was a commercial advisor at the IPA. For 10 years, she oversaw major infrastructure developments at the Department for Transport, serving as the senior responsible officer for the Crossrail, Thameslink and Intercity Express programmes. She has also worked on significant infrastructure programmes…
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Trades group sues federal government over PLA exemption
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A construction union group filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday against two federal agencies and their chiefs for ignoring a still-in-effect executive order from former President Joe…
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Government awards £4.5m buildings policy advice contract
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has awarded a £4.5m contract to a Cheshire-based consultancy to help develop building policy across government. Adroit Economics, an “economics, technology and regeneration” consultancy founded in 2005 by Dr Steve Sheppard, will be responsible for the “provision of economic and technical research for buildings policy”. The…
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Government advice on HRB height ‘unhelpful’, says construction lawyer
“[The guidance in the article] is unhelpful because it doesn’t take into account the effect of the Smoke House decision, and instead continues to provide guidance that is at odds with the legislation,” Simon Lewis, partner at the construction and engineering team at international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, told CM. View the original article…
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Confusion over HRB height government guidance
“[The guidance in the article] is unhelpful because it doesn’t take into account the effect of the Smoke House decision, and instead continues to provide guidance that is at odds with the legislation,” Simon Lewis, partner at the construction and engineering team at international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, told CM. View the original article…
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Building Safety Levy delayed until 2026 after government bows to industry pressure
The government has pushed back the implementation of the Building Safety Levy from autumn 2025 to autumn 2026. This comes after the government was criticised by homebuilding groups, particularly the Home Builders Federation (HBF) who said the move would seriously discourage housing construction. The levy, designed to fund building safety improvements, will now give developers…
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Government cladding remediation plan ‘lacks ambition’, says MPs’ watchdog
The government’s plan to fix all unsafe high-rises in government-funded schemes by the end of 2029 “lacks ambition”, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded. A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report said the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Remediation Acceleration Plan fails to address the impact of non–cladding defects on progress with cladding remediation. The…