All Politics articles – Page 32
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NewsDouble-dip recession fears rise as RIBA reports fall in workloads
Architects have admitted that a double-dip recession is now almost certain.
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NewsPenrose lists two 1960s housing estates in Camden
Architecture and heritage minister John Penrose has announced a series of controversial listing decisions including final rulings on Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House and two housing estates by Benson & Forsyth.
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Acheson to chair Northern Ireland design watchdog
Northern Ireland’s culture minister Nelson McCausland has appointed Arthur Acheson as the new chairman for the Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture & the Built Environment in Northern Ireland, the country’s design watchdog.
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NewsGovernment cash set to boost new housing
Housing minister Grant Shapps has sparked hopes of a new housing boom by announcing extra funding for councils that approve new developments.
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NewsArchitects seek guidance on timing of Part L regs
Architects are calling on the government for clarification on when the new version of Part L of the building regulations will be introduced.
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NewsReprieve for 33 BSF 'sample' schools
Education secretary Michael Gove has revealed that all 33 of the Building Schools for the Future “sample” schools left in limbo by the bungled scrapping of BSF will go ahead with full funding.
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NewsRIBA joins alliance against coalition planning policies
The RIBA has joined a group of 29 national bodies in an unusual alliance against the coalition government’s proposed planning policies.
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NewsCommunities secretary outlines how planning process will aid free schools
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has revealed further details on the government’s plans to make the planning process friendlier to proposals to build free schools.
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NewsShapps unveils boost for zero carbon targets
The housing minister has today given the coalition’s support to ensure all new homes built from 2016 are zero carbon.
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NewsCLG cuts Cabe funding by £1.4 million
Cabe has been told it will be getting £1.4 million less in funding from the Communities & Local Government department this year.
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NewsCabe forced to consider paid-for design reviews
Local communities are set to be handed sweeping new powers over the architecture on their doorsteps amid growing fears that central government is abdicating responsibility for design standards.
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NewsDecentralisation minister says new rules will make development more popular with locals
The man in charge of pushing through the government’s localism agenda has said he wants to reverse the view that all development work is bad.
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NewsIndustry waits till autumn to learn where axe will fall
Architects face a long summer of uncertainty before finding out where £100 billion in public spending cuts will come from.
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NewsGove to relax planning rules so disused buildings can become schools
Architects have given a cautious welcome to education secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that he will relax planning rules to make it easier to turn derelict hospitals, shops and pubs into “free schools”.
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NewsRIBA voices relief over Osborne’s Budget
The RIBA has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s Budget, praising the Chancellor’s commitment to maintain capital spending and predicting that there will still be money for well-designed schools, housing and hospitals.
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NewsArchitects fear double dip recession, RIBA reveals
Architects are suffering a crisis of confidence as fears for a double dip recession grow.
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NewsArchitects slam 'garden grabbing' law as naive
Architects have criticised the government’s much-vaunted changes to planning law, dubbing them a “charter for nimbyism” that will scupper many housing projects.
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Opinion
Another day, another reason to lay into Michael Gove
Gove’s gaffes aren’t quite up there with Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive. On the other hand it takes quite a lot to stir RIBA and by yesterday it was sufficiently wound up by the education secretary’s latest comment to put out a press release.
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NewsMinister still getting to grips with new brief
New architecture minister John Penrose is expected to break his silence once he has got to grips with his brief after the shock decision to replace Ed Vaizey after just a few days in the job.
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NewsCabe and EH and Tate all face cuts this year
Cabe, English Heritage and the Tate Gallery are being asked to cut a combined £7 million from their budgets this year as part of the government’s £6.2 billion in spending cuts.