{"id":9936,"date":"2026-01-19T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:36:10","slug":"monday-19-01-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-19-01-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 19\/01\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 19\/01\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has unveiled a \u00a32bn plan to deliver 64,000+ new homes, including a Housing Investment Fund and Mayoral Development Corporation, alongside \u00a3700m to support social and affordable housing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk\/news\/plan-to-build-more-than-63000-homes-in-liverpool-city-region\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool City Region Combined Authority<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GreenSquareAccord has confirmed it is closing its offsite housing manufacturing arm, LoCaL Homes, as part of a strategy to simplify operations and focus on its core social landlord services. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/greensquareaccord.co.uk\/news\/corporate\/gsa-set-to-close-offsite-housing-manufacturer-local-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GreenSquareAccord<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social housing landlord Southern Housing has appointed contractors across 10 regional lots for a near \u00a32bn programme of kitchens, bathrooms, windows and roofing upgrades, while Codi Group plans a \u00a3400m construction framework to support new housing delivery across Wales. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/01\/19\/six-scoop-2bn-southern-housing-upkeep-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/codi-group-plans-400m-welsh-housing-framework-19-01-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wain Group, one of the UK\u2019s largest privately owned residential developers, has secured \u00a3140m in new funding from Lloyds and NatWest to accelerate its next growth phase, while Yorkshire Homes has agreed to a \u00a33.38m SME Accelerator loan with Homes England to support delivery of 21 affordable and open-market homes in Thirsk and fund future land acquisition. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermedia.com\/news\/north-west\/wain-group-inks-140m-funding-deal-to-accelerate-next-growth-phase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insider Media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-homes-boost-for-yorkshire-as-family-run-housebuilder-agrees-game-changer-loan-with-homes-england\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MJ Gleeson expects an improvement in home sales this spring following last month\u2019s rate cut, while listed construction labour supplier Hercules has delayed its annual results announcement for the year ending 30 September 2025. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/gleeson-expects-spring-improvement-after-rate-cut\/5140230.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.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/01\/19\/hercules-delays-annual-results-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tender prices in the UK rose by an estimated 0.7% between 3Q2025 and 4Q2025, driving annual growth of 2.5% in the BCIS All-in Tender Price Index (TPI). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcis.co.uk\/news\/bcis-tender-price-index-estimate-of-tender-price-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BCIS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plans for up to 200 homes near the A303 in Somerset have been approved, nearly a year after councillors backed the scheme. Vistry will progress 1,500 homes at North Leigh Park, Wigan, while 800-home farmland plans have sparked a council \u201ccrisis of confidence\u201d. In Cardiff, up to 730 city-centre flats are under discussion, and around 100 campaigners protested 700 homes near protected heathland. Taylor Wimpey\u2019s 199-home Smithy Bridge Road scheme in Rochdale awaits consent, and a 105-home development is proposed on Rushwick\u2019s edge. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersetlive.co.uk\/news\/somerset-news\/200-new-homes-approved-near-10754845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somerset Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placenorthwest.co.uk\/vistry-prepares-to-pulls-trigger-on-1500-homes-in-wigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place North West<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stokesentinel.co.uk\/news\/stoke-on-trent-news\/packmoor-masterplan-sparked-crisis-confidence-10760086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StokeonTrentLive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/more-flats-planned-huge-development-33255970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wales Online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cvg1kmpr147o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placenorthwest.co.uk\/rochdale-tips-199-home-littleborough-scheme-for-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place North West<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/25775186.105-home-development-proposed-edge-rushwick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worcester News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 19\/01\/2026 Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has unveiled a \u00a32bn plan to deliver 64,000+ new homes, including a Housing Investment Fund and Mayoral Development Corporation, alongside \u00a3700m to support social and affordable housing. Liverpool City Region Combined Authority GreenSquareAccord has confirmed it is closing its offsite housing manufacturing arm, LoCaL Homes, as [&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-9936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936","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=9936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9940,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions\/9940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}