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Construction News · October 29, 2026 13:45

Budget 2026: Pipeline, or pipe dream?

Wednesday’s Budget offered construction a mixture of ambition, pragmatism and familiar constraints. The Treasury pledged an updated infrastructure

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Construction News · October 29, 2026 13:06

Almost half of buildings under developer contract still await repairs

Almost half of residential buildings with life-critical fire-safety defects covered by the developer remediation contract have yet to start repairs,

Topics: Building Safety

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Construction News + 1 source (Construction News and Google News Building Safety) · October 29, 2026 12:42

Building liability orders: BLO-win’ in the wind?

James Morris is a partner at Mayer Brown Could your company be held liable for building defects it had nothing to do with? Under the Building Safety Act

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Construction News · October 29, 2026 12:33

NHS corrects Sacyr hospital contract after £957m ‘error’

Almost £1bn has disappeared from the published value of Sacyr's contract to build one of the 11 facilities in the current wave of the New Hospital

Construction News · October 29, 2026 11:35

Budget 2026: Fears over construction cuts as funding shifts to defence

Construction firms have warned that government capital spending cuts could threaten project pipelines, while the potential benefits of increased defence

Construction News · October 29, 2026 10:21

Bridging the Delta: building high-speed tracks over the M42

Few things look more incomplete than an unfinished bridge. And standing at one end of a span on the eastern side of the M42 on a breezy summer’s day, this

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Construction News · October 29, 2026 09:29

Jones Bros turnover surges past £240m

Civil engineering contractor Jones Bros has reported a 52.7 per cent jump in turnover to a record £240.5m, breaking through the £200m mark for the first

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Construction News · October 29, 2026 09:12

Government sets 3% apprentice requirement for major projects

The government has announced plans to require apprentices to make up at least 3 per cent of the workforce on all large government construction and

Construction News · October 28, 2026 16:24

Round-up of construction projects winning Budget funding

Leeds College of Building and the city's train station have been allocated £15m and £300m respectively as part of a series of construction projects backed

Construction News · October 28, 2026 16:23

Warm Homes loses £1bn as government redirects capital spending to defence

The government has confirmed a £1bn cut to Warm Homes Plan capital grants and £700m of reductions to hydrogen and carbon capture funding to help pay for

Construction News · October 28, 2026 16:23

Mayors to gain £1.5bn borrowing facility for regeneration projects

The government has announced a £1.5bn borrowing facility for regional authorities to invest in infrastructure and regeneration, alongside plans to allow

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Construction News · October 28, 2026 16:23

A66 main works to start in November under revised nine-year programme

The government has given the green light for main construction works to begin on the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade in November, with the project to