{"id":12744,"date":"2026-08-25T09:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12744"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:39:36","slug":"tuesday-25-08-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-25-08-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 25\/08\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 25\/08\/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

Populo Living and YMCA St Paul\u2019s Group have launched cleaning tenders through South East Consortium\u2019s Facilities Management Dynamic Market, worth \u00a31m and \u00a32.4m, respectively, covering communal and planned cleaning services. <\/span> South East Consortium<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homes England has confirmed 33 strategic partners for the \u00a339bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (2026-36), creating a substantial pipeline of funded housing development and associated construction, repairs and supply-chain opportunities across England. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cardo Group has acquired Correct Contract Services, strengthening its compliance, energy and retrofit capabilities while expanding its South and Central England presence across more than 50,000 properties. <\/span> Cardo Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

North Lanarkshire Council has added almost 400 homes to its Strategic Housing Investment Plan, including 100 property acquisitions and 44 new homes at Brandon Street, alongside nearly 2,000 homes already planned. <\/span> Daily Record<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The government has allocated \u00a39.58bn to 33 strategic partners to support 73,600 new social and affordable homes, with nearly two-thirds expected to be for social rent, alongside \u00a346m to boost council housebuilding capacity. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

John Sisk & Son has been named Homes England\u2019s top site preparation and infrastructure contractor for the eighth consecutive year, highlighting its continued role in delivering major housing and regeneration projects. <\/span> Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tilbury Douglas, McLaren Construction and Willmott Dixon have secured preconstruction deals worth up to \u00a389m for three Department for Education school projects. AJ Kelly & Co has been appointed to demolish a Stalybridge site with planning permission for 102 homes, marking progress on the residential scheme between the town\u2019s rail and bus stations. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Welsh Government has opened a consultation on updates to the National Development Framework, seeking views on public engagement methods and themes for a national conversation. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Guinness Partnership completed 38% fewer homes than targeted in 2025\/26, citing delays in obtaining Gateway 2 approvals under the building safety regime. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Reform UK has proposed evicting social housing tenants who fail to maintain gardens, alongside plans to exclude foreign nationals from social housing and prioritise young British-born couples. <\/span> The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans for more than 3,000 homes and new warehouses in Stockport could proceed, including development on Green Belt land, if approved. Detailed plans have been submitted for an 870-home development in Peterborough, following outline planning permission granted last year. Planning permission has been approved for 350 homes on a former plant nursery in Kent, while Wain Homes\u2019 240-home development at Backford Cross has been recommended for approval. Councillors are set to decide on 200 homes near Malvern, while schemes for 145 homes in Yate and 133 homes in North Yorkshire are progressing. Developers will also present plans for 130 homes in King\u2019s Sutton at a public consultation event next month. <\/span> Business Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Peterborough Telegraph<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Kent Online<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Malvern Gazette<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Gazette<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Banbury Guardian<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 25\/08\/2026 Populo Living and YMCA St Paul\u2019s Group have launched cleaning tenders through South East Consortium\u2019s Facilities Management Dynamic Market, worth \u00a31m and \u00a32.4m, respectively, covering communal and planned cleaning services. South East Consortium Homes England has confirmed 33 strategic partners for the \u00a339bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (2026-36), creating a substantial […]<\/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-12744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12744","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=12744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12761,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12744\/revisions\/12761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}