{"id":10430,"date":"2026-03-18T12:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10430"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:51:41","slug":"wednesday-18-03-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-18-03-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 18\/03\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 18\/03\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Local Government Association survey shows improving social housing finances, with more councils balancing budgets and maintaining stock. However, 44% face HRA pressures limiting new builds, most plan rent increases, and long-term certainty like a 10-year rent settlement remains essential for housing delivery. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingexecutive.co.uk\/social-housing-finances-show-improvement-but-significant-challenges-remain-say-lga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK government has committed \u00a31.7bn to boost city-centre regeneration and housing across Northern England, supporting projects in Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool. The funding will unlock homes, jobs and infrastructure, focusing on brownfield sites and transport-linked housing to drive regional growth. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/chancellor-backs-north-with-17bn-for-city-centre-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Greater London Authority and London Councils have launched a London Infrastructure Framework identifying 51 priority projects across transport, energy, water and digital sectors, aiming to unlock housing, strengthen resilience, and drive growth while highlighting a strong pipeline of infrastructure and housing opportunities. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/mayor-london-and-london-councils-unveil-new-london-infrastructure-framework-drive-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gov.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Environment Agency has launched its \u00a35.5bn CDF2 framework for flood, coastal, navigation and environmental works across England. Running from 2027 to 2035, it includes 11 sub-lots, covering design to construction, with individual call-offs worth up to \u00a3150m. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/firms-invited-to-bid-for-environment-agencys-5-5bn-assets-framework-17-03-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travis Perkins reported widening pre-tax losses of \u00a3134.7m in 2025, up from \u00a338.4m in 2024, alongside declining operating profits and revenues. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermedia.com\/news\/midlands\/losses-widen-at-travis-perkins-but-new-boost-confident-of-restoring-its-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insider Media<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 18\/03\/2026 A Local Government Association survey shows improving social housing finances, with more councils balancing budgets and maintaining stock. However, 44% face HRA pressures limiting new builds, most plan rent increases, and long-term certainty like a 10-year rent settlement remains essential for housing delivery. Housing Executive The UK government has committed \u00a31.7bn to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10439,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions\/10439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}