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Government has identified sites for 50,000 new homes

2011-10-03T16:04:00Z

Shapps told conference event that plans for homes to be built in 2015 will be published

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Cameron unveils plan to build 200,000 homes

2011-10-03T09:18:00Z

Plan to give public land to developers and pay for homes with receipts from council house sales

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Pickles turns down 2,000 home Cala scheme

2011-09-30T12:58:00Z

Secretary of state’s decision follows Cala judicial review and is against advice of inspector

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Councils to invest pensions into new homes

2011-09-30T00:00:00Z

Proposals will see £10m from Islington council’s pension fund invested into fund for new homes

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McCarthy leaves CLG

2011-09-30T00:00:00Z

McCarthy will work across Capita Symonds and Capita Groyp as executive director

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Labour party calls for new era of council house building

2011-09-30T00:00:00Z

Balls calls for 5% VAT on domestic refurbishment as part of plan to stimulate economy

Comment

Who's to blame for our lack of zero-carbon homes?

2011-09-30T00:00:00Z

Are housebuilders failing to build to zero-carbon standards - as suggested by minister Andrew Stunell - or is the failure to build due to a flaw in the targets?

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Network Rail outlines £10bn investment plan

2011-09-29T13:02:00Z

Plan includes £560m Northern Hub and major station upgrades with £5.6bn of new money

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Richard McCarthy quits government to join Capita Symonds

2011-09-28T09:30:00Z

Senior civil servant in charge of controversial planning reforms to become executive director at consultant

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Denham calls for 'national investment bank'

2011-09-26T17:07:00Z

Shadow business secretary called for government to renew infrastructure and green policy

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Labour calls for high speed rail line to be extended

2011-09-26T16:56:00Z

Shadow transport secretary said line should not be only ‘a rich man’s toy’

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Eight architects battle for mental health job

2011-09-23T10:11:00Z

AHMM and Allies and Morrison among those shortlisted for London NHS job

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NHS trusts endangered by new-build PFI contracts, says minister

2011-09-22T12:51:00Z

Liabilities from £12.6bn of PFI contracts put 22 hospital trusts in jeopardy

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Government U-turn on green energy policy

2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

Chancellor understood to have blocked plans to roll out display energy certificates to private sector

Features

Party conference season: Rate my policy

2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

Party conference season is upon us and this year the agenda is more relevant to construction than ever. ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ looks at the likely policies to emerge and invites you to keep tally of their impact on the industry

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Green Deal is not properly incentivised, say top bosses

2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

Two-thirds of chief executives surveyed claim government is not doing enough to promote scheme

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Apollo’s cash profit up despite pre-tax losses

2011-09-16T00:00:00Z

Firm saw Ebitda figure hit £23.9m but made overall loss before tax of £7.2m

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Cash profit for Apollo but pre-tax losses continue

2011-09-14T12:06:00Z

Social housing contractor reports £8m pre tax loss but boosts Ebitda figure 8.6%

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Barratt reports £12m loss

2011-09-14T09:15:00Z

Full year results hit by financing costs and land write-downs

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New Riba president hits out at 'bane' of procurement

2011-09-12T13:13:00Z

Inuagural speech by Angela Brady pledges reform while outgoing president attacks coalition