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Migrant labour needed to solve UK housing crisis, construction industry warns
The National Federation of Builders say Labour’s goals are unachievable because there is a shortage of more than 200,000 construction workers in...

Italy’s ‘Queen of Roads’ becomes country’s 60th UNESCO World Heritage site
The Appian Way marked a revolution in road construction Italy Unesco Appian Way (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights...

Shapps launches £1 billion scheme to insulate middle-income homes
A £1 billion scheme to make middle-income homes more energy efficient is being launched along with a public information campaign advising people...

Dozens of buildings in UK still have Grenfell-style cladding, new figures show
Dozens of buildings in the UK still have the same type of flammable cladding that was on the Grenfell Tower almost five years after the fire...

Grant Shapps claims HS2 cuts will bring ‘much better services’
After announcing the scrapping of most of the eastern leg of HS2 and the Yorkshire section of Northern Powerhouse Rail, the transport secretary...

Grenfell cladding had ‘vintage safety certificate’ at time of deadly fire
The cladding panels used on Grenfell Tower had a near 10-year-old safety certificate, referred to as “vintage” by the construction industry...

New HS2 station will bring 1,000 jobs and apprenticeships
A new £370 million HS2 station will bring around 1,000 jobs and more than 100 apprenticeships to the West Midlands. Building work preparing the...

Miami Condo collapse victims sue next-door luxury development
The catastrophic structural failure that led to the collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium outside Miami in June was linked to the...

The UK's largest offshore wind tower factory to be built in Scotland
The UK’s largest offshore wind tower factory will create more than 400 manufacturing jobs when it opens in Scotland in 2023, a spokesperson for...

Starmer: Migration is not the answer to all our problems
Sir Keir Starmer has said migration is not “the answer to all of our problems” as he fleshed out Labour’s mission to secure the highest...