{"id":7964,"date":"2025-06-02T12:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T12:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T12:49:46","slug":"monday-02-06-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-02-06-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 02\/06\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 02\/06\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester City Council has partnered with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund to boost its housing company, aiming to accelerate the delivery of hundreds of genuinely affordable homes as part of a wider plan to build 1,600 new homes in the coming years. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchester.gov.uk\/news\/article\/9709\/major_boost_to_council_housing_company_as_new_funding_backer_announced_to_accelerate_home_building_in_manchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connexus has delivered 215 homes across Shropshire and Herefordshire in 2024\/2025 as part of its development and acquisition programme, supporting affordable housing growth in rural communities. Meanwhile, Kensington and Chelsea Council plans to allocate \u00a3100m (5% of its \u00a31.81bn pension fund) towards buying 250 new homes to help address a growing temporary accommodation crisis in West London. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/connexus-group.co.uk\/news\/over-200-homes-delivered-across-shropshire-and-herefordshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connexus Homes Ltd.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/news\/west-london-news\/west-london-council-wants-use-31749019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MyLondon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peabody chief Ian McDermott has called on the government to classify social housing as \u201ccritical national infrastructure\u201d, telling The Guardian it would unlock vital investment and ensure long-term funding to tackle the deepening housing crisis. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2025\/may\/31\/treat-social-housing-as-critical-infrastructure-to-unlock-billions-says-peabody-boss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 30 UK construction suppliers, including Sureserve Compliance and FBJ Construction, have won contracts on a \u00a32bn public sector investment framework running to 2029. Galliford Try has secured contracts to begin the first major phase of Wigan\u2019s \u00a3135m Galleries redevelopment, which will eventually include 464 homes and multiple leisure venues. Additionally, Fife Council has awarded new contracts to resume work on over 200 council homes after progress stalled on four sites last year. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/constructionwave.co.uk\/2025\/05\/30\/win-for-more-than-30-construction-suppliers-for-2bn-public-sector-capital-investment-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Wave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/02\/galliford-gets-sign-off-to-start-wigan-galleries-job\/\" 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.fife.gov.uk\/news\/2025\/work-to-restart-on-new-homes-after-contracts-awarded.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fife Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK government is investing an extra \u00a31.5bn in forces housing through the upcoming Strategic Defence Review to improve living conditions for service families. This record funding aims to tackle long-standing accommodation issues and raise military housing standards. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/homes-fit-for-heroes-with-extra-15-billion-for-forces-housing-through-upcoming-strategic-defence-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grosvenor returned to profit last year, boosted by rising rents, according to its latest annual results. The firm is behind the South Molton Triangle development being built by Skanska. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/grosvenor-returns-to-profit\/5136241.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delays to tall building projects under the new post-Grenfell safety regime are expected to trigger a wave of litigation as developers face mounting costs and setbacks. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/bsr-delays-expected-to-trigger-wave-of-litigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salboy got full planning for Manchester\u2019s 76-storey Nobu tower with 452 flats. Honey has secured approval for 275 homes in Duckmanton, Derbyshire. East Leeds saw plans submitted for 1,000+ homes at Skelton Gate. Revised proposals for 300 homes were filed near Melksham. County Durham plans 245 homes at Wynyard Park, and Edinburgh\u2019s FM Group revealed 154 homes for Western Harbour on a brownfield site. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/02\/manchester-nobu-tower-back-on-track-after-noise-row-settled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/honey-gets-green-light-for-275-home-derbyshire-scheme\/5136252.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.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk\/news\/politics\/skelton-gate-plans-submitted-5151655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yorkshire Evening Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk\/news\/25204763.revised-plans-300-homes-melksham-filed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wiltshire Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/25202099.plans-submitted-245-new-homes-wynyard-park-county-durham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northern Echo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingnews.com\/articles\/fm-group-unveils-plans-for-154-homes-at-western-harbour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 02\/06\/2025 Manchester City Council has partnered with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund to boost its housing company, aiming to accelerate the delivery of hundreds of genuinely affordable homes as part of a wider plan to build 1,600 new homes in the coming years. Manchester City Council Connexus has delivered 215 homes across Shropshire [&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-7964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964","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=7964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7969,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions\/7969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}