Local Government

Experimental AI tool could help councils meet housing targets


A new AI tool aims to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.

Government reveals benficiaries of £1.29Bn warm homes fund


Some £1.29bn has been offered to retrofit social homes across 144 projects under Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3.

£350M boost to affordable housing


The UK government has announced a £350M investment to accelerate the construction of affordable and social housing.

Scotland’s construction pipeline builds greater momentum


The number of building projects being submitted by Scotland’s public bodies to the Construction Pipeline Forecast Tool keeps growing.

How is the Procurement Act going to drive social value


The regulations laid out within the Procurement Act 2023 will go live today.

Homes England and CPCA accelerate growth with Strategic Place Partnership


Homes England and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) have joined forces in a Strategic Place Partnership (SPP).

Derbyshire residents set to benefit from major retrofit works to estates


Residents in Derbyshire are set to benefit from a series of retrofit works to estates which will make their homes fit for the future.

West Yorkshire Mayor’s £89M investment will help unlock 5,400 new homes


West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has pledged almost £90M by March next year to help unlock over 5,400 new homes.

Average spend on pothole repairs


New research has named the local authorities in England which received the most additional budget per mile for repairing potholes. 

Councils to get £68M to build thousands of new homes on brownfield sites


Councils are to be given £68M to build thousands of new homes on disused brownfield sites.