All Politics articles – Page 2
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Spring Statement: RIBA applauds energy-efficiency tax breaks
But institue warns ministers need a nationwide retrofit strategy to meet decarbonisation goals
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Features
Let’s open our institute to architects fleeing from eastern Europe
We have an opportunity to stand with our Ukrainian counterparts and to offer collective support, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Profession rallies to support Ukrainian architects
Practice calls for work-visa waiver as past RIBA president flags institute’s 1930s efforts
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Allford urges consistency after 11th housing minister announced
Reshuffle leaves us in ‘extraordinary situation’, says RIBA president
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This is not how to level up the country
Gove’s 12-point plan is hardly the Roosevelt New Deal we were promised, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Ministers ‘distracted from net zero goals by lockdown parties row’
Backbench MP set to propose bill on reducing embodied carbon in construction projects
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Industry should not have been trusted to build high-rise blocks, government tells Grenfell inquiry
Housing department lawyer said public trust in construction firms had been “misplaced and abused”
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Concealment of cladding dangers ‘one of the major scandals of our time’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Inquiry told that coalition government allowed itself to become the “junior partner” to the construction industry in a drive to cut red tape
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Multimedia
Interview: Maria Smith on the rising tide of greenwash
Post-COP26: ‘I’m just as angry, just as hopeful, just as pessimistic’
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Architects accuse chancellor of being ‘out of sync’ with climate crisis
Profession unconvinced by Sunak’s ‘higher wages, higher skills and rising productivity’ pledge
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Gove replaces Jenrick as housing secretary in reshuffle
Jenrick said it had been a ‘huge privilege’ to serve in the role
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Government bows to pressure and extends deadline for post-Brexit certification rules
Industry raised concerns about capacity to test products before CE replacement introduced – and warned of 'devastating' consequences
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Building Safety Bill will give residents more time to pursue shoddy firms
Long-awaited legislation published today will also give Arb power to strike off architects who fail competence tests
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Planning bill to be centrepiece of today’s Queen’s Speech
Planning deregulatation said to be key Conservative electoral strategy
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Starmer names new shadow housing minister
Manchester Central MP given the role after incumbent Thangam Debbonaire promoted
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Reform taxation to incentivise owners to retrofit private homes, says RIBA
Stamp duty and council tax ’could play key role in helping UK meet its net zero commitment’
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Government’s £562m housing retrofit programme ‘simply not enough’, RIBA warns
Policy to improve 50,000 homes branded ’not enough’ to tackle problem
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Tory MPs to rebel over fire safety bill
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
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Pandemic ‘turbocharging’ domestic emissions crisis, RIBA warns government
Architects call for National Retrofit Strategy to counter carbon generated by growth in home working
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Architects demand meeting with energy minister over climate emergency
Government accused of ‘woefully inadequate’ response to coalition’s letter