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Safe, Warm and Compliant Social Housing: Insights from the Warm and Safe Homes Summit

30 April 2026

Laura Campbell, Senior Associate in our Construction team, attended the Warm and Safe Homes Summit hosted by Inside Housing, which brought together over 500 attendees from housing providers, local authorities and sector leaders. The agenda reflected continued sector priorities including safer and more energy-efficient homes while balancing building safety, decarbonisation and tenant wellbeing. As ever,... Read more

Reserve below-threshold contracts for UK or local suppliers under the 2026 Order

4 March 2026

Juli Lau and Shyann Sheehy look into the impact of the Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026, and particularly how local authorities can now reserve below-threshold contracts for UK or local suppliers.  On 4th February 2026, the Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026 (the “Order”) came into force, with... Read more

2026 in construction: a look ahead

19 February 2026

Authors: Michael Comba and Rachel Murray-Smith 2025 was a mixed bag for the construction sector. There was falling inflation and modest annual growth. Yet the sector remained the biggest contributor to UK insolvencies. The year ended with low sector confidence and some months seeing falls in output. But now a month in, what about 2026 and…

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Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Nature Recovery

17 April 2025

On 11 March 2025, the Government introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill into Parliament with a promise to speed up planning decisions and ‘get Britain building’. Sharpe Pritchard’s Planning and Parliamentary team have been analysing the likely implications of the Bill in recent weeks. The focus of this article is on Part 3 of the... Read more

Planning and Infrastructure Bill – Spatial Development Strategies

28 March 2025

On 11 March 2025, the Government introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill into Parliament with a promise to speed up planning decisions and ‘get Britain building’. Sharpe Pritchard’s Planning and Parliamentary team have been analysing the likely implications of the Bill in recent weeks. In the latest article of this series, we  focus on Spatial…

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