The construction industry is of vital strategic importance to the UK. A healthy construction industry will be essential if we are to build the homes, commercial property and infrastructure that our...
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England is in the midst of a housing crisis. In 67 per cent of local authorities, insufficient houses were built to meet demand in 2015/16 (DCLG 2016; DCLG 2017).
Across England, of the 265,936...
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In September the government announced a green paper which will review all aspects of social housing — and not before time. It shouldn’t have taken the horrendous tragedy of Grenfell for the governmen...
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London’s housing market is increasingly unaffordable for those on low to middle incomes. While it has always been more expensive to rent or buy in the capital, the scale of the unaffordability of...
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Energy prices are once again in the news, with manifesto commitments and potential government action being considered as some energy suppliers raise their prices before winter.
Some two thirds of...
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The housing market is broken. That was the stark conclusion of Theresa May in introducing the government’s white paper on housing in February 2017. Its wide agenda and suggested that the government...
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The North has the potential to lead the country in generating secure, cheap and accessible energy, reaping great economic benefits in the process. This report explores the three possible 'energy...
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Investing in heat networks could increase the UK’s energy security, help decarbonise the economy, decarbonisation of the heat supply, create up to 81,000 jobs and generate up to £22 billion in...
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With the emergence of disruptive technologies, London is on the cusp of major changes to the way that people move around the city. This report explains how positive network effects between new and...
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The energy sector in the North is facing a series of challenges, but it is well positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the UK’s changing energy needs, and has the potential to...
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