{"id":11180,"date":"2026-06-12T08:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=11180"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:19:38","slug":"friday-12-06-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-12-06-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 12\/06\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 12\/06\/2026<\/h6>\n\n    <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Open+Sans:wght@400;500;600&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n    <div style=\"all:initial; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:10px; background:#f4faf7; border:0.5px solid #b8deca; border-radius:5px; padding:14px 18px; margin-bottom:1rem; box-sizing:border-box; width:100%;\">\n        <div style=\"display:flex; align-items:flex-start; justify-content:center; flex-shrink:0; min-width:28px;margin-top: 1.5px;\">\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 640\"><path fill=\"#498847\" d=\"M224 128C206.3 128 192 142.3 192 160L192 480C192 491.7 188.9 502.6 183.4 512L496 512C522.5 512 544 490.5 544 464L544 160C544 142.3 529.7 128 512 128L224 128zM128 512C145.7 512 160 497.7 160 480L160 160C160 124.7 188.7 96 224 96L512 96C547.3 96 576 124.7 576 160L576 464C576 508.2 540.2 544 496 544L128 544C92.7 544 64 515.3 64 480L64 176C64 167.2 71.2 160 80 160C88.8 160 96 167.2 96 176L96 480C96 497.7 110.3 512 128 512zM416 240C416 231.2 423.2 224 432 224L480 224C488.8 224 496 231.2 496 240C496 248.8 488.8 256 480 256L432 256C423.2 256 416 248.8 416 240zM416 304C416 295.2 423.2 288 432 288L480 288C488.8 288 496 295.2 496 304C496 312.8 488.8 320 480 320L432 320C423.2 320 416 312.8 416 304zM240 368C240 359.2 247.2 352 256 352L480 352C488.8 352 496 359.2 496 368C496 376.8 488.8 384 480 384L256 384C247.2 384 240 376.8 240 368zM240 432C240 423.2 247.2 416 256 416L480 416C488.8 416 496 423.2 496 432C496 440.8 488.8 448 480 448L256 448C247.2 448 240 440.8 240 432zM288 288L352 288L352 224L288 224L288 288zM256 216C256 202.7 266.7 192 280 192L360 192C373.3 192 384 202.7 384 216L384 296C384 309.3 373.3 320 360 320L280 320C266.7 320 256 309.3 256 296L256 216z\"\/><\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size:13px; color:#4c4c4c; font-weight:500; line-height:1.55; flex:1; min-width:0; margin:0; padding:0; white-space:normal; overflow:visible; -webkit-line-clamp:unset; text-overflow:unset;\">Your daily round-up of key housing news, funding, partnerships and policy updates across the UK.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Regulator of Social Housing has introduced a new Tenant Satisfaction Measure for electrical safety checks, requiring all social housing landlords in England with more than 1,000 homes to publish electrical safety compliance data from the 2026\/27 reporting year onwards. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/rsh-finalises-requirements-for-electrical-safety-checks-tsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River Clyde Homes has announced record investment plans for its housing stock, with more than \u00a360m to be invested over the next five years as part of a wider \u00a3100m programme focused on improving home quality, safety and energy efficiency across Inverclyde. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverclydehomes.org.uk\/news\/investment-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River Clyde Homes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hull City Council has begun demolition of three tower blocks to make way for new energy-efficient affordable homes. GBM Demolition is carrying out the work while the council looks to appoint a development partner for the site&#8217;s redevelopment. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/demolition-starts-on-hull-towers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tower Hamlets Council has appointed Guildmore Group to deliver the next phase of the St George\u2019s Leisure Centre redevelopment, providing new council homes alongside upgraded leisure facilities and wider regeneration improvements. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/06\/12\/guildmore-gets-start-date-for-68m-leisure-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milligan has been appointed by Hill Group to shape the commercial offer for Coventry\u2019s \u00a3450m City Centre South regeneration project. Kier Group has secured a \u00a3140m contract extension with South West Water to continue delivering works across its network over the next two years. Clients of collapsed contractor Ardmore Construction Group have begun seeking replacement contractors to complete more than \u00a31bn of London projects following the firm&#8217;s collapse. Mears Group has completed a \u00a31.5m remediation project at a residential block in London on behalf of Tower Hamlets Community Housing, now part of Hyde Group. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placemidlands.co.uk\/hill-group-appoints-milligan-to-city-centre-south\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place Midlands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/06\/12\/kier-wins-140m-water-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/06\/12\/contractors-circle-to-finish-ardmores-10-big-london-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mearsgroup.co.uk\/news\/articles\/news\/mears-complete-remediation-works-of-london-residential-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mears Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weaver Vale Housing Trust has reported it\u2019s highest-ever tenant satisfaction results, with overall satisfaction rising to 88% in 2025\/26 from 84% the previous year, according to its latest Tenant Satisfaction Measures data. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingexecutive.co.uk\/west-cheshire-ha-reports-highest-ever-tenant-satisfaction-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devon County Council is set to develop a specialist and supported housing strategy over the next 10 months to help meet the housing needs of older people, people with disabilities and other vulnerable residents across the county. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/strategy-be-drawn-specialist-supported-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devon County Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysis has identified millions of homes across London, Essex and Kent that could face an increased risk of subsidence as hotter, drier conditions linked to climate change cause shrinkable soils to contract and affect building foundations. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/jun\/11\/millions-homes-london-essex-and-kent-sinking-climate-crisis-subsidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 375-home development on land north of Calmore in Hampshire has been approved by New Forest District Council. North Tyneside Council has approved plans by Northumberland Estates for a 270-home development on land between Backworth and Killingworth. Persimmon Homes has secured planning approval for 266 homes as part of the latest phase of its Jubilee Gardens development in Wiltshire. Plans for 200 homes on farmland in the New Forest have been approved despite local opposition. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/26186644.nearly-400-new-homes-near-m27-hampshire-approved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Echo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/news\/north-east-news\/270-more-homes-approved-green-34106511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chronicle Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persimmonhomes.com\/news\/planning-permission-for-latest-phase-of-major-wiltshire-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persimmon Homes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/26185097.controversial-plans-200-new-forest-homes-given-green-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n    <div style=\"all:initial; display:flex; align-items:flex-start; gap:10px; background:#f4faf7; border:0.5px solid #b8deca; border-radius:5px; padding:14px 18px;  box-sizing:border-box; width:100%;\">\n        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" style=\"flex-shrink:0; margin-top:1.5px; min-width:28px; width:28px; height:28px;\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 640\"><path fill=\"#498847\" d=\"M320 96C443.7 96 544 196.3 544 320C544 443.7 443.7 544 320 544C196.3 544 96 443.7 96 320C96 196.3 196.3 96 320 96zM320 576C461.4 576 576 461.4 576 320C576 178.6 461.4 64 320 64C178.6 64 64 178.6 64 320C64 461.4 178.6 576 320 576zM272 416C263.2 416 256 423.2 256 432C256 440.8 263.2 448 272 448L368 448C376.8 448 384 440.8 384 432C384 423.2 376.8 416 368 416L336 416L336 304C336 295.2 328.8 288 320 288L272 288C263.2 288 256 295.2 256 304C256 312.8 263.2 320 272 320L304 320L304 416L272 416zM320 248C333.3 248 344 237.3 344 224C344 210.7 333.3 200 320 200C306.7 200 296 210.7 296 224C296 237.3 306.7 248 320 248z\"\/><\/svg>\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-weight:500; color:#4c4c4c; line-height:1.55; flex:1; min-width:0; margin:0; padding:0; white-space:normal; overflow:visible; -webkit-line-clamp:unset; text-overflow:unset;\">All information is curated from public sources and market intelligence.<br>Published daily on weekdays.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 12\/06\/2026 The Regulator of Social Housing has introduced a new Tenant Satisfaction Measure for electrical safety checks, requiring all social housing landlords in England with more than 1,000 homes to publish electrical safety compliance data from the 2026\/27 reporting year onwards. 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