Housing to gain from £30bn infrastructure fund

Paying your way

Job loss warning as public sector pay capped

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a plan to limit public sector pay increases in his autumn statement to parliament.

Chancellor ‘ignored’ housing in autumn statement

The National Housing Federation has attacked the chancellor for ignoring the housing sector in his new infrastructure investment plan.

Spending cuts blamed for rising benefit bill

Housing bodies have blamed swingeing government spending cuts for adding nearly £2 billion to the cost of housing benefit over the next five years.

CBI backs government PFI probe

The CBI has backed the government’s decision to review the use of the private finance initiative in a move that many see as the beginning of the end for the controversial funding scheme.

Utopia revisited

As David Cameron seeks to revive the principles of garden cities with a consultation due later this year, Colin Wiles examines how likely it is that his vision will come to fruition

Mapping the full footprint

How easily could your organisation calculate its complete carbon footprint? If the answer is ‘not very’, then a new worldwide standard could be just what you need. Elisabeth Jeffries looks at how it works

The pursuit of happiness

Ministers are investigating what makes people happy. Worryingly, says Alice Ross , housing doesn’t get a mention.

Q&A: The Ecological Sequestration Trust

Eco-cities guru Peter Head has just left contractor Arup, where he headed an 800-strong global urban planning team, to set up a charity with the ambition to transform planning. Here he explains the thinking behind his latest project

Strike while the iron’s hot

Landlords have until 12 December to deliver carbon emission and energy savings targets. Christopher Paul, partner at Trowers & Hamlins explains