{"id":11159,"date":"2026-06-10T08:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=11159"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:56:01","slug":"wednesday-10-06-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-10-06-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 10\/06\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 10\/06\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portsmouth City Council has launched a \u00a3120m framework to deliver fire safety and building remediation works across its high-rise housing stock, with up to six contractors appointed to a six-year programme. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/06\/10\/portsmouth-lines-up-120m-tower-block-safety-blitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efficiency East Midlands has launched a tender for its Property Maintenance and Responsive Repairs Framework, covering whole-house maintenance and reactive repair services, to be procured under the Procurement Act 2023. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eem.org.uk\/tender-opportunity-property-maintenance-and-responsive-repairs-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efficiency East Midlands has invited bids for its Fire Safety, Security &amp; Entry and Access Systems Framework (EEM0067), covering fire alarms, security systems, CCTV, access control and assisted living technologies across regional and national lots. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eem.org.uk\/tender-opportunity-fire-safety-security-entry-and-access-systems-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doncaster Council is seeking a development partner for its \u00a3400m Waterfront regeneration scheme, which aims to transform a 22-acre brownfield site with homes, commercial space and leisure facilities following completion of remediation works. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placeyorkshire.co.uk\/development-partner-sought-for-doncaster-waterfront\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Procast Group has secured a new electrical services contract with North Lanarkshire Council, delivering upgrades and up to 250 home rewires annually under a two-year agreement that also supports local employment and apprenticeship opportunities. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingnews.com\/articles\/procast-group-secures-major-electrical-contract-with-north-lanarkshire-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction has started on a \u00a319.7m housing development near Peterborough, bringing new homes to the village as part of an investment in local housing supply. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/building-work-begins-on-ps19-million-homes-construction-near-peterborough-8665819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peterborough Telegraph<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peabody reported higher surplus, turnover and completions in its latest results, with the housing association building 89% more homes than the previous year. Preston City Council has been approved as a registered provider of social housing, enabling the authority to take steps towards owning and managing social housing once again. Tamworth Borough Council has approved plans to apply for partnership status with Homes England, supporting its ambitions to deliver more affordable and social housing. Salford City Council plans to recruit empty homes officers to bring vacant properties back into use, helping address housing shortages and homelessness pressures in the borough. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/surplus-turnover-and-completions-up-at-peabody\/5142647.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.preston.gov.uk\/article\/12943\/City-Council-approved-as-registered-social-housing-provider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preston City Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamworth.gov.uk\/council-applies-secure-funding-deliver-more-affordable-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamworth Borough Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/salford-employ-empty-home-officers-34090439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester Evening News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Regulator of Social Housing has launched a consultation on updating its economic regulation framework, aiming to help the sector deliver more and better-quality social homes while remaining financially resilient. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/rsh-starts-discussion-to-help-sector-achieve-more-and-better-social-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new report from Renew highlights the potential to improve more than 500,000 homes across northern England, arguing recent government investment presents a major opportunity to enhance housing quality, affordability and energy efficiency. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/pdf\/Renew_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renew Report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plans for a 600-home development in East Kilbride have been approved by South Lanarkshire Council, paving the way for a major new housing scheme in the area.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A developer has requested an Environmental Impact Assessment screening opinion for proposals to build up to 500 homes on green belt land in Burtonwood. Plans have been approved for 272 additional homes at a former RAF base, supporting the continued expansion of the wider redevelopment scheme. Planning permission has been granted for 195 homes in a Cotswold market town despite concerns over the impact of further housing growth on local services and infrastructure. Revised plans for 179 homes at Wynyard Park would increase the number of smaller family properties while reducing larger homes to better reflect local housing demand. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/in-your-area\/lanarkshire\/east-kilbride-set-600-new-37270376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Record<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sthelensstar.co.uk\/news\/26178315.eia-view-sought-up-500-homes-green-belt-burtonwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St Helens Star<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge-news.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/former-raf-base-see-272-34088947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridgeshire Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gloucesternewscentre.co.uk\/fears-town-wont-cope-as-195-homes-plan-approved\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gloucester News Centre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news\/revised-plans-179homes-wynyard-boost-34092510?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teesside Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 10\/06\/2026 Portsmouth City Council has launched a \u00a3120m framework to deliver fire safety and building remediation works across its high-rise housing stock, with up to six contractors appointed to a six-year programme. Construction Enquirer Efficiency East Midlands has launched a tender for its Property Maintenance and Responsive Repairs Framework, covering whole-house maintenance and [&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-11159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159","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=11159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11164,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159\/revisions\/11164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}