All Levelling up articles – Page 2
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NewsOver 100 councils delay or fail to start projects supported by Levelling Up Fund
The National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that 101 councils have delayed or failed to start projects that have been allocated money through the government’s Levelling Up Fund, due to rising costs and planning delays.
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NewsWill new landmark law really level up left-behind places?
Experts say ‘significant time and work’ are still required before the provisions in LURA come into effect.
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InsightSavills UK’s Richard Rees on tackling the causes of youth homelessness
LandAid’s, and the wider property industry’s, efforts to help solve youth homelessness and ensure that everyone has a safe and suitable place to call home have been ongoing for several decades, but have taken on a new urgency in the last few years.
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InsightGrainger’s Helen Gordon on levelling up in action
With HS2 in the news and some questioning the government’s commitment to levelling up, towns and cities across the UK are now positively benefiting from regional investment in build to rent (BTR).
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NewsLevelling Up and Regeneration Bill rubber-stamped in late move
The long-awaited Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) received Royal Assent yesterday (26 October), passing into law just before the proroguing of parliament ahead of the King’s Speech.
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NewsCan Euston station plans get back on track with private sector approach?
A recent Treasury meeting with investors and construction was a promising start but many questions remain.
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NewsQ&A: Rachel Maclean on the government’s planning and housing priorities
Housing minister discusses the unfairness of the current system and improvements to the rental sector.
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NewsBTR 360: Unintended consequences from RRB could ‘hurt’ BTR sector
The Renters Reform Bill could “really hurt” the build to rent (BTR) sector, with unintended consequences affecting investors and renters, attendees at Property Week’s BTR360 conference were warned today (10 October).
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NewsLabour to reform Homes England, planning and development policy in manifesto
An early Labour manifesto described as the party’s full final policy platform has leaked ahead of the party conference next week.
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NewsSunak authorises HS2 land sales, killing northern leg ‘stone dead’
Rishi Sunak has authorised the sale of properties subject to compulsory purchase orders on part of the northern route of HS2, effectively preventing a reversal of the decision to cancel the project.
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NewsHS2 Euston station scaled back and could be cancelled without private investment
The HS2 development at Euston station will be scaled down to just six platforms, knocking £6.5bn off the total costs, and the project’s future could still rely on private investment, it has emerged.
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NewsPrivate consortium led by West Midlands mayor to explore ‘reviving’ HS2
West Midlands mayor Andy Street is to lead a private sector consortium to re-examine the HS2 project and explore the possibility of reviving the now-cancelled Birmingham to Manchester rail link.
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NewsSunak accused of undermining decades of planning by axing HS2 northern leg
A dismayed property sector has accused the government of undermining decades of planning by businesses, developers and local authorities in cancelling the northern leg of HS2.
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NewsGovernment announces £1.1bn fund to regenerate 55 towns
The government has announced a £1.1bn levelling-up cash injection to fund long-term development plans for 55 towns across the UK and put “funding in the hands of local people”.
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NewsGovernment Property Agency buys site for new HQ from McLaren Property
McLaren Property has sold its option on a 85,315 sq ft site on Brunswick Street in Darlington, County Durham to the Government Property Agency for a permanent base.
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News‘Political football’ is helping to push housing up the agenda
Experts acknowledge political point-scoring on both sides but say the focus on housebuilding is positive.
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ProfessionalThe CPO process must work fairly
The Compulsory Purchase Association (CPA) represents more than 800 individuals and businesses involved in the process across the UK and has been keeping an eye on the potential implications of the proposed changes to so-called ‘hope value’ in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (LURB), which is set to receive royal ...
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NewsYoung named as new levelling up minister
Jacob Young has been appointed as levelling up minister, replacing Dehenna Davison, who stepped down yesterday.
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NewsLevelling up minister Davison quits due to chronic migraines
Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison has resigned from the role, revealing that chronic migraines were making it impossible to do her job.
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OnlineAngela Rayner brands Tory levelling up a ‘sham and a scam’
Labour’s Angela Rayner has branded the Conservative’s levelling up agenda a “sham and a scam” in a speech to trade unions.
