Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities
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Government commits £1.6bn to housing initiatives
Michael Gove has outlined new projects for Cambridge, London and Leeds, as well as planning reform
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Government launches consultation on increasing planning fees
The proposed hike would see fees go up by 35%
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Gove housing targets U-turn ‘beggars belief’
British Property Federation dismayed by decision
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Levelling-up plans in the lurch as spending cuts loom
Bids that are no longer viable due to inflation may need to scale down or apply for more funding
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Single stairs not acceptable in tall buildings
DLUHC says developers are guilty of “misunderstanding” and “selective reading” of the guidance
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New laws force developers and manufacturers to pay for cladding costs
Companies face greater levies and blocks to development
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The Levelling Up white paper, you ask? What to say?
COMMENT The Levelling Up white paper is far too long and a tad fanciful, but it does offer hope
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Flagship levelling up plan fails to impress
Announcement is “thin on new policy and thin on money”, said Liz Peace
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The two key drivers to levelling up? Gove and localism
‘Michael Gove is the master of knowing how to harness effort right across government’
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Levelling up agenda in ‘complete disarray’ as plans delayed
Opposition says government has failed to come up with “a single new idea”
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Why the government’s First Homes strategy won’t work
COMMENT “Asking developers to fund these homes is robbing Peter to pay Paul,” says Marc Vlessing
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Bridget Wilkins joins government as head of digital citizen engagement
Wilkins will focus on “bridging the gap” between people and policy