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Education Secretary Michael Gove has claimed the government intends to keep building new schools despite scrapping Labour’s building programme. Read more...
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has launched the government’s review of the health service, promising to give GPs more control of funding. Read more...
The Budget held few surprises for partnerships. But a policy vacuum remains until autumn at least. Read more...
Under the threat of death, schools officials have realised the need to change. Obscurely, the result could be a return to the past. Read more...
Our new joint venture makes sure the public profits from the regeneration of our borough says on Rouse, chief executive, Croydon. Read more...
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has been forced to apologise after mistakenly telling schools they would get new building money when their plans are in fact being scrapped. Read more...
Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has claimed it will play a key part in the review of the school-building programme, despite the government's decision to scrap the vast bulk of schemes. Read more...
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) has been formally axed by the government, meaning 715 schools in deals under way will not be built and the rest of the programme has been cancelled. Read more...
The heads of two key partnerships agencies both take home well over £200,000, it has been disclosed. Read more...
Almost £11bn of PFI schemes will reach preferred bidder in the next two years, despite widespread fears that the new government would scrap many projects, the Partnerships Bulletin can reveal. Read more...
A new hospital in Hartlepool could yet be built using private money after the government scrapped the original plan to fund it publicly. Read more...
The government’s Efficiency and Reform Group has unveiled its chief operating officer. Read more...
The communities department has begun its shake-up of the planning process to give greater powers to local councils. Read more...
The head of a powerful body of MPs has called on the coalition government to deliver on its rhetoric of providing real power to local councils and communities. Read more...
The prison building programme could be significantly reduced, after the Justice Secretary vowed to cut the number of people incarcerated in the UK. Read more...
A new government-owned bank could be shaking up the way UK infrastructure is funded within the year, according to a new report. Read more...
The final London Underground PPP consortium has been formally taken in-house by Transport for London (TfL). Read more...
The Conservative-led coalition has given further impetus to the investigation into UK civil engineering costs by appointing a senior consultancy figure to lead the probe. Read more...
Large defence projects should still be funded through PFI, a review of the military estate has concluded. Read more...
The future of the school building programme could be announced within days, the Leader of the House has announced. Read more...
