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26 February 2010	Retrofit for the Future - 17 Million Funding Annouced Eighty seven social housing projects across the UK are set to benefit from a share of £17 million of government funding to test low carbon building technology, Science Minister Lord Drayson and Housing Minister John Healey announced today.
	Reward high quality construction through lower Building Control fees and discourage ‘cowboy builders’ 31 July 2009 In response to the Government's consultation for changes to the Local Authority Building Control charging regime, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called for a payment system that rewards good builders with lower Building Control fees and penalises poor quality and building control non-compliance.
30 July 2009	£84 million for greener homes and cheaper energy bills The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced that 46 areas of the country will share a fund of up to £84m to help insulate social homes – reducing fuel bills for tenants and cutting carbon emissions.
24 July 2009	Ministry of Justice is latest client to take contractor and consultant deals back to the market Ministry of Justice officials have confirmed they are to issue a new tender notice this autumn for the Strategic Alliance prisons framework, which will be used as a channel for maintenance work worth £250m a year on the UK’s second largest public estate.
20 July 2009	Government set to raid Decent Homes fund 20,000 extra homes to be created from money from government underspend and HCA budget
	Tessa Jowell reports to the Commons - 2012 Olympic Games remain on budget and on time 20 July 2009 Figures published today by the government and the Olympic Delivery Authority show that the anticipated final cost of the programme has not changed over the last quarter.
	Winners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards 20 July 2009 Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
	The government is to introduce a 'pay as you save' scheme for homeowners under plans set out in a new white paper. 16 July 2009 Homeowners will be given loans to insulate their homes, paid for by savings from energy bills.
16 July 2009	Architect's 2008 Olympic stadium beats Foster's Beijing airport terminal and Arup's Water Cube to scoop RIBA non-EU prize Herzog & de Meuron's “Bird's Nest” stadium in Beijing has scooped the RIBA Lubetkin prize for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the EU by an RIBA member.
	Lottery Heritage Fund - Scotland 15 July 2009 Regeneration of Govan takes a major step forward with Heritage Lottery grant The fortunes of Govan were given a major boost today as the Heritage Lottery Fund announced a grant of £939,000 through its hugely successful Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) to restore the area’s historic centre.