MP Brandon Lewis announced government funding to incentivise building on derelict, disused sites in the UK on Tuesday. The fund is part of a bid to...
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced new funding to help improve the conditions of thousands of council properties across London. The funding, from the Decent Homes...
Maria Eagle, Labour’s shadow environment secretary, has said that the Tories are failing to invest adequately in flood defences. She says the government is cutting funding...
A campaign group has started an initiative that aims to map the extent of unused sites and buildings around the UK. Members of the public are...
The UK government has announced consent for a 175 turbine offshore wind farm about 13km off the coast of Sussex. The Rampion wind farm is expected...
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has called for new building standards to avoid the risk of overheating in private homes and hospitals, as increasing temperatures...
The UK’s flood resilience is being limited by an inadequate budget and lack of regulation, exposing the country to potentially devastating loss caused by flooding as...
The Social Economy Alliance, a growing consortium of around 400 national and local organisations, is calling for the rewriting of the infrastructure bill ahead of its...
A major rescue operation is underway in Serbia after the region’s worst flooding in decades claimed the lives of 37 people, with thousands more forced to...
The parliamentary watchdog is to investigate claims that ministers spent around £36 million under the Green Deal to benefit only 2,100 households. Ministers responsible for the...
Energy company SSE’s price freeze announcement on Wednesday morning is good news for consumers but comes with a price. SSE makes its move 24 hours before...
The chancellor George Osborne has confirmed plans for a new 15,000 home ‘garden city’ in Ebbsfleet, Kent, in an attempt to help solve Britain’s housing crisis....
The UK government has spent £63m buying 106 homes as part of a compensation scheme for homeowners living near the proposed route of the controversial HS2...
A coalition of businesses, government departments and sustainability experts are to gather in London for a three-day exhibition on sustainable building. Ecobuild 2014, which opens on...
A competition offering £250,000 to the person who could create the best plans for a new ‘garden city’ that would help solve Britain’s housing crisis closed...