{"id":9771,"date":"2025-12-30T11:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9771"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:58:05","slug":"tuesday-30-12-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-30-12-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 30\/12\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 30\/12\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayor Richard Parker is set to invest \u00a32.6m to support the construction of 108 affordable new homes in Warwickshire, part of ongoing efforts to ease the region\u2019s housing crisis. Meanwhile, Havering Council will receive \u00a329.9m from a Greater London Authority scheme to build almost 140 new homes, including 136 houses on Chippenham Road, Harold Hill. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmca.org.uk\/news\/mayor-announces-another-multi-million-pound-social-housing-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowad.co.uk\/havering-to-receive-nearly-30m-for-affordable-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellow Advertiser<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highland Council has admitted that a minimum of \u00a3307m is needed to bring its social housing stock up to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C, with MSP Edward Mountain warning that the council still has a \u201clong way to go\u201d to meet Scottish Government targets by 2045. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverness-courier.co.uk\/news\/highland-council-admits-minimum-307-million-spend-needed-to-422863\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Inverness Courier<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">County Durham construction and demolition specialist MGL Group says it is well positioned for long-term growth and success after reporting a turnover of over \u00a3171m and a rise in sales and profits. Meanwhile, Talbot Green-based Llanmoor Homes, a leading Welsh housebuilder, predicts a strong housing market in Wales in 2026 following a significant rise in enquiries and reservations after November\u2019s Budget, with buyer confidence returning after a \u201cchallenging\u201d 2025. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-live.co.uk\/enterprise\/construction-company-mgl-group-positions-33117825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales247.co.uk\/welsh-housebuilder-predicts-strong-housing-market-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wales247<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Liverpool city region has struck a deal with the Construction Industry Training Board to address the construction skills gap by training 9,000 new workers. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lbndaily.co.uk\/amp\/city-region-to-train-9000-new-construction-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Halesworth, a 640-home plan has raised traffic access concerns, with the developer advised to engage council officials before submitting a planning application. In Merthyr Tydfil, plans for a \u201cnew neighbourhood\u201d including over 400 homes on the former Hoover site are set for a decision. Orpington\u2019s proposed 350-home development has received no objections, with half earmarked as affordable housing. South Gloucestershire could see 280 new homes built under outline plans, while Wellington residents have opposed a 250-home proposal on Oldway Road. Cheshire East Council may soon decide on plans for up to 160 homes at Booths Park in Knutsford. Additionally, Haringey Council has submitted plans for 150 affordable homes on the site of a former chocolate factory in Wood Green. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25726894.640-home-halesworth-plan-leads-traffice-access-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Daily Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/update-huge-400-home-shops-33135920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wales Online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/25716316.orpington-350-home-development-met-no-objections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News Shopper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazetteseries.co.uk\/news\/25727314.plan-build-280-homes-south-gloucestershire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gazette<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk\/news\/25726842.wellington-residents-oppose-proposal-250-new-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somerset County Gazette<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheshire-live.co.uk\/news\/chester-cheshire-news\/decision-imminent-plans-up-160-33108667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheshire Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/haringeycommunitypress.co.uk\/2025\/12\/29\/plans-for-150-affordable-homes-in-wood-green-submitted-by-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haringey Community Press<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 30\/12\/2025 Mayor Richard Parker is set to invest \u00a32.6m to support the construction of 108 affordable new homes in Warwickshire, part of ongoing efforts to ease the region\u2019s housing crisis. Meanwhile, Havering Council will receive \u00a329.9m from a Greater London Authority scheme to build almost 140 new homes, including 136 houses on Chippenham [&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-9771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9771","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=9771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9776,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9771\/revisions\/9776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}