Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, visited builders’ merchant C&W berry, in Leyland, as he unveiled his vision for creating jobs throughout Lancashire. Starmer held a question and answer session with staff members of the merchant and his plan to create jobs for construction workers, plumbers and installers …
Read More »Labour targets 40% affordable homes in ‘new towns’
Shadow housing secretary and deputy Labour leader, Angela Rayner, has said the party will work with the private sector to build “new towns”; the party aims to construct 1.5 million new homes over the next five years. In a speech to the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in …
Read More »FMB criticises Labour’s scaling back of low-carbon policies
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has criticised Labour’s plans to scale back its low-carbon policies, which was announced by Keir Starmer. Brian Berry, chief executive of the federation, explained that Labour’s new plans were “simply not enough”; the Labour party has reduced its plan to retrofit from 19 million …
Read More »Selco supports charity’s children’s party
Selco Builders Warehouse’s Tyseley branch donated £500 of art materials to KidsOut, a national charity that works with some of the 200,000 children who have left abusive homes to seek sanctuary in a refuge. The materials from Hobbycraft were used at KidsOut’s Christmas party recently, where there were craft activities …
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