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Cladding: Minister orders probe into ‘crippling’ insurance costs for residents

The insurance market is not working properly for residents stuck in buildings with unsafe cladding, and many have seen their premiums double in just a year, Communities Secretary Michael Gove has said. In a letter to the Financial Conduct Authority ...

28 Jan 2022 at 09:25

Michael Gove meets developers to discuss funding for cladding work

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has met developers to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said Mr Gove spoke to senior executives from ...

20 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Michael Gove meets developers over funding for cladding work

Communities Secretary Michael Gove is meeting with developers on Thursday to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) said. Mr Gove is expected to discuss how developers ...

20 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Personal Finance

Too many people live in expensive, unsuitable, poor quality homes – report

Barriers to housebuilding must be removed urgently as too many people are living in expensive, unsuitable and poor quality properties, according to a House of Lords committee. Skills shortages must be addressed, planning departments need ...

10 Jan 2022 at 01:25

City

Barratt sees recovery in house buying from post-minibudget lows

Housebuilder Barratt Developments said the number of homes customers are reserving has continued to bounce back after struggling in the last few months of 2022. The company said it sold 0.3 homes per week in each location it was selling ...

03 May 2023 at 10:06

City

Big four housebuilders sign up to post-Grenfell cladding pledge

Five of the UK’s big housebuilders have signed new deals with the Government designed to ensure they fix cladding problems that were discovered after the Grenfell fire. Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Crest Nicholson, Bellway and Redrow all ...

13 Mar 2023 at 15:45

Campaigners criticise plans to boost housebuilding by relaxing environment rules

Environmental campaigners have hit out at the Government after it confirmed that EU-era restrictions that force housebuilders to mitigate the impact new developments have on river health are set to be scrapped under plans to provide ...

29 Aug 2023 at 14:13

Big fall in planning permission for new homes in England, study suggests

The number of planning permissions granted across England for new houses has fallen to a record low, new figures suggest. The Home Builders Federation (HBF) said planning permissions continued to fall “sharply”, with the number of ...

08 Sept 2023 at 10:24

Personal Finance

Santander to offer 95% mortgages on new-build homes

Santander will offer 5% deposit mortgages on new-build homes from Tuesday. Currently, the lender requires at least a 15% deposit for new-build houses and 20% for new-build flats. The new lower 5% deposit requirement will apply to ...

23 Feb 2024 at 16:27

Housebuilders’ £100m offer after probe ‘definitely looks dodgy’, Parliament told

An agreement by seven housebuilders to pay a record £100 million to help fund affordable new homes after an investigation into concerns they shared commercially sensitive information “definitely looks dodgy”, Parliament has been ...

15 Jul 2025 at 19:01

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