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Budget: London politicians demand modular housing cash

Wednesday 17th January 2018

Budget: London politicians demand modular housing cash London Assembly members have urged the chancellor to pump "significant" funds into offsite manufacturing to help tackle the UK housing crisis. In a cross-party letter to Philip Hammond ahead of Wednesday's Budget, six assembly members have called for extra investment in modular housing. The plea follows a pledge by Mr Hammond that the UK will build 300,000 homes a year. “Traditional bricklayers and construction workers alone aren&rsq

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15 Councils Face Action Over Local Housing Plans

Wednesday 17th January 2018

15 councils face action over local housing plans The UK government has cast the spotlight on 15 councils that are failing to make progress with their local housing plans and threatened to intervene to speed up the process. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has written to the councils warning them that the Government will no longer tolerate slow progress in drawing up local housing plans. The 15 local authorities under scrutiny are: Basildon, Brentwood, Bolsover, Calderdale, Castle Poi

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