{"id":10481,"date":"2026-03-20T12:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10481"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:29:04","slug":"friday-20-03-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-20-03-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 20\/03\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 20\/03\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The London Construction Programme, led by London Borough of Haringey, has appointed 44 contractors including Galliford Try, McLaren Construction and GRAHAM Group to a \u00a33bn, five-year framework covering construction, retrofit, fire safety and maintenance. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/london-construction-programme-names-44-firms-to-3bn-framework-19-03-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wirral Council has awarded a \u00a31.2bn North West framework across 13 lots, running from 2026 to 2030, covering construction, infrastructure and demolition works to support public sector projects across multiple value bands and procurement routes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/places-awarded-on-1-2bn-north-west-contractor-framework-20-03-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watford Community Housing has acquired 509 homes from Notting Hill Genesis, increasing its portfolio to over 8,000 homes and strengthening local management across social rent, shared ownership and leasehold properties. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcht.org.uk\/about-us\/our-news\/watford-community-housing-acquires-over-500-homes-from-notting-hill-genesis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watford Community Housing Trust<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haringey London Borough has completed 100 home upgrades under its \u00a3570m estate programme, with 987 more planned in 2026\/27 as part of wider works to meet the Decent Homes Standard by 2028. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/haringey.gov.uk\/news\/20260317\/100-council-homes-upgraded-as-haringey-marks-key-milestone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haringey London Borough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redbridge Council has improved tenant satisfaction to 68% across 4,674 homes, driven by strong performance in repairs, safety and customer service, placing it among better-performing London boroughs against Regulator of Social Housing measures. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbridge.gov.uk\/news\/march-2026\/redbridge-among-top-performing-london-councils-for-housing-satisfaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redbridge London Borough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welsh Government provides \u00a345m loans to Cardiff Community Housing, Codi Properties, Tai Hedyn, Taff Housing and Valleys to Coast for 159 homes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/159-new-affordable-homes-be-delivered-across-wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welsh Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 20\/03\/2026 The London Construction Programme, led by London Borough of Haringey, has appointed 44 contractors including Galliford Try, McLaren Construction and GRAHAM Group to a \u00a33bn, five-year framework covering construction, retrofit, fire safety and maintenance. Construction News (register) Wirral Council has awarded a \u00a31.2bn North West framework across 13 lots, running from 2026 [&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-10481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10481","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=10481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10495,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10481\/revisions\/10495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}