
Lucas Farrimond
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Construction output weakens as gloom persists
cityam.com
UK construction output fell in August, according to government data, in yet another blow to Labour's housing targets.
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Don't listen to the doomsters, London is Silicon Valley's only rival on AI https://t.co/Tm1Yf5HCE0
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Unless ministers act soon, the plan to bring 5G to every part of the country by 2030 will be in real trouble. ✍️Thomas Evans on how a law most people have never heard of is about to block a new generation of mobile masts https://t.co/b3B1aDnudl
capx.co
London is at the bottom of the European league for 5G quality
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Over 150 high-rise schemes stuck in limbo as red tape clogs up UK construction
cityam.com
High rise construction projects across the UK have stalled due to problems with a new regulator, putting housing targets at risk.
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I’m on a train that’s just arrived 10 minutes EARLY into London Euston. Wondering now if on the way we passed through a wormhole the led to an alternative UK.
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‘Would you be scared of a Farage premiership?’ ‘I’d be terrified.’ Former Dragon’s Den star @TheoPaphitis worries that Reform’s deportation plan will end with ‘people in balaclavas pulling people off the streets’.
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Landowners have threatened to walk away from the scheme after rents were slashed by around 90%.
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I’m so shocked by the huge quantity of social media posts and clips of woke left fanatics gleefully celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. It’s so brazen, so dehumanised, so disgusting. What the f*ck is wrong with these people? Elon Musk is right - wokeism is an insidious virus.
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Angela Rayner’s successor faces an urgent choice: back the builders or preside over decline ✍️ Steve Mulholland Read more: https://t.co/zcioj0swNP
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🔴 Backlash mounts over hosting infrastructure after deal terms plummet 90pc Read more below ⬇️ https://t.co/loaxHXUkBr
telegraph.co.uk
Backlash mounts over hosting infrastructure after deal terms plummet 90pc
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Construction firms are ‘lagging behind’ as confidence plummets
cityam.com
S&P Global’s latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reading has suggested construction has been in decline for eight consecutive months.
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You think you’ve seen it all on the commute. Bro just pulls out a microwave and ready meal on the train #SpottedOnTheTrain #wtf
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Exclusive: Britain’s biggest retailers have warned Rachel Reeves that Labour’s core manifesto pledge to improve living standards will be put at risk if she pushes ahead with further tax rises in her budget Some of Britain’s biggest companies, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, John
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Could more have been done to reduce food price inflation? With news that inflation hit 3.8% in July, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium Helen Dickinson says, 'we should put ourselves in the businesses' position', as profit margins are still low post-COVID
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'Think a property tax will fix housing? It might just break the market—and the jobs that build our homes'
lbc.co.uk
Reform of stamp duty is long overdue.
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Reeves’ punitive property tax will hurt London the most
cityam.com
Labour’s mulled property tax could stall the housing market - and it's Londoners who will suffer most, writes Steven Mulholland.
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Network Rail cuts maintenance spending after net zero increases electricity costs.
telegraph.co.uk
Organisation set to focus on ‘refurbishment more than renewal’ in the coming years
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"There is a serious risk that the dysfunction we’ve already seen will only escalate." https://t.co/szmJpdOIzm
@_RebeccaMcCurdy
heraldscotland.com
Landowners are locked in a dispute with telecommunications firms and have threatened to walk away from key schemes if the government presses ahead…
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