Friday, 25 May 2012

Pulling in the reins

24/06/2011

Whitehall’s chief construction advisor Paul Morrell has his eye firmly fixed on the housing sector. He tells Denise Chevin how he plans to slash the procurement bill by 20 per cent.

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