{"id":9111,"date":"2025-10-23T12:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9111"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:49:30","slug":"thursday-23-10-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-23-10-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 23\/10\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 23\/10\/2025<\/h6>\n

The government is going further and faster on growth with over \u00a3500m investment for new homes, infrastructure, and business space for the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Paradigm Housing has reported a drop in its surplus for the first six months of the year as it increased its spending on development by 22%. A2Dominion has published its 2025 ESG report, showing strong progress in improving the energy efficiency of its customers\u2019 homes. Leicester City Council has invested around \u00a345m over the last 18 months to secure 350 houses and flats for use as emergency accommodation and permanent homes for people facing homelessness. Meanwhile, North Ayrshire Council continues to lead in delivering modern, energy-efficient, and affordable homes. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>A2Dominion Housing Group Ltd.<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Leicester City Council<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>North Ayrshire Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Housing associations and councils in England will be allowed to raise their rents by up to 4.8% next year, it has been confirmed. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ten firms have secured places on a new \u00a31.5bn framework to deliver ongoing repairs and improvements to the Houses of Parliament and its wider MP estate in London. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Long-term framework deals and increased in-house expertise are paying off for civils contractor Barhale. AIM-listed Nexus Infrastructure has reported a sharp rise in revenue and a major jump in its order book as its turnaround strategy starts to take hold. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fire chiefs warn eight years after Grenfell that building safety progress is \u201cnot where it should be.\u201d Meanwhile, half of SME builders cite planning as the biggest barrier to housebuilding, as the FMB updates its guide with lessons from award-winning builders moving from builder to developer. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Federation of Master Builders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

UK housing project starts fell 7% year-on-year in September 2025, with main contract awards down 47% and detailed planning approvals down 39%. Unsafe cladding has been identified on 5,558 residential buildings over 11m, up by four since August. Under the Great British Insulation Scheme, 102,200 measures have been installed across 78,600 households, while ECO has delivered around 4.3m measures to 2.6m households up to August 2025. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Midlothian councillors approved a strategy for 1,583 new affordable homes over five years. Muse got planning for 244 homes in West Sussex, and Story Homes will build up to 219 in Brampton. Haringey approved 216 council homes, while Manchester plans 700+ new homes. City and Country Stansted submitted plans for 500+ homes and 20,000sqm of commercial space. Barnsley planners recommended 289 homes near Thurnscoe, and Tower Hamlets received a proposal for a 54-storey tower with 699 mixed units in Docklands. <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Muse<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>News & Star<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Haringey London Borough<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Essex Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Star<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 23\/10\/2025 The government is going further and faster on growth with over \u00a3500m investment for new homes, infrastructure, and business space for the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor. GOV.UK Paradigm Housing has reported a drop in its surplus for the first six months of the year as it increased its spending on development […]<\/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-9111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111","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=9111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9115,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111\/revisions\/9115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}