{"id":12268,"date":"2026-07-28T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12268"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:28:48","slug":"tuesday-28-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-28-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 28\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 28\/07\/2026<\/h6>\n
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Your daily round-up of key housing news, funding, partnerships and policy updates across the UK.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/span><\/h6>\n

Pagabo is set to launch a tender for a \u00a31.5bn national framework for medium works, managed on behalf of The Education Alliance (TEAL), covering projects valued up to \u00a315m, with the four-year framework due to run from January 2027. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Travis Perkins Managed Services has secured a contract to supply building materials to Great Yarmouth Borough Council for the repair and maintenance of its 5,764 social housing properties, following a mini-competition through PfH\u2019s Materials Supply Framework. <\/span> Builders Merchants News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Form Property has been appointed to launch the first 211 apartments in a residential-led regeneration scheme on Upper Trinity Street in east Birmingham. HG Construction has secured Gateway 2 approval to begin work on a 239-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Manchester for Far East Orchard. <\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has acquired 110 homes for key worker living rent and shared ownership at a major regeneration scheme in Lambeth, delivered in partnership with Vistry. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing is considering the compulsory deregistration of Easy Housing Association, which would remove it from the register of social housing providers. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stirling Council has approved a new Estate Management Strategy aimed at maintaining standards in repairs, maintenance and customer service for its council tenants. Places for People is launching one of its largest-ever recruitment drives, hiring 135 tradespeople to expand its in-house repairs team. <\/span> Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Digital<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Mayor of London is investing \u00a388.6m to deliver more than 20,000 construction courses and industry placements, aiming to tackle skills shortages and support housebuilding across the capital. <\/span> London Gov.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A new Clean Air Fund report highlights the health and economic benefits of UK decarbonisation, warning that air pollution contributes to premature deaths, chronic illness, lower productivity and increased pressure on healthcare services. <\/span> Clean Air Fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Housing Ombudsman Service has published its first report on lessons from monitoring compliance with the Complaint Handling Code, highlighting insights to improve landlords\u2019 complaint-handling practices. The Home Builders Federation\u2019s Greater Manchester Mayor Manifesto highlights the role of deeper devolution in accelerating housing delivery and economic growth across the region. <\/span> Housing Ombudsman Service<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Home Builders Federation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

North Yorkshire is progressing plans to deliver 500 new council homes as part of a wider strategy to increase affordable housing across the region. Detailed plans for a 450-home development at Gibraltar Farm in Medway are set for approval despite renewed concerns over the scheme. Outline proposals have been lodged for a \u00a355m housing scheme of up to 280 homes in north Shropshire. Plans have been submitted for 123 homes on former industrial land in Ladybrook, around one mile west of Mansfield town centre. Bridgend County Borough Council has approved plans for up to 122 new homes on a site near Llangynwyd. Plans to convert and extend two commercial buildings in Crewe into 108 town-centre apartments have been recommended for approval. <\/span> The Press<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Kent Online<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Wales Online<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Cheshire Live<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 28\/07\/2026 Pagabo is set to launch a tender for a \u00a31.5bn national framework for medium works, managed on behalf of The Education Alliance (TEAL), covering projects valued up to \u00a315m, with the four-year framework due to run from January 2027. Construction Enquirer Travis Perkins Managed Services has secured a contract to supply building […]<\/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-12268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12268","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=12268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12274,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12268\/revisions\/12274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}