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by Jack Clappen|29 March 2329 March 23|Policy

TDUK Policy Executive Jack Clappen reflects on a busy winter period of political advocacy for the Confederation of Timber Industries. A little more than a year ago, the Environmental Audit Committee recognised timber as essential for decarbonising our built environment in their landmark report ‘Building to net zero: costing carbon...

Top level and roof of timber house, under construction, with scaffolding. Light brown wood against green hills and pale blue sky.

What does the Future Homes Hub mean for the construction sector?

by Matt Milton|03 March 2303 March 23|Build, Design, Supply, Sustainability

The new plan from Future Homes Hub sets out the construction sector's path to whole-life carbon assessments The Future Homes Hub has published an Embodied and Whole Life Carbon Implementation Plan for 2023-25. This plan follows the publication of the Government’s Net-Zero Strategy in 2021, which set out ambitions for...

Another one bites the dust – Rachel Maclean MP becomes latest Housing Minister

by Jack Clappen|09 February 2314 February 23|Policy

Timber Development UK was disappointed to hear that we lost another Minister of State for Housing last week. Rachel Maclean MP has replaced Lucy Frazer MP, who lasted just 91 days in the job before her promotion to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The UK Housing Minister has...

Shadow Levelling Up Minister sees benefits of offsite timber manufacturing

by Jack Clappen|30 January 2331 January 23|Policy

Shadow Levelling Up Minister and MP for Nottingham North, Alex Norris MP, visited Donaldson Offsite’s operations in Ilkeston, Derbyshire – the UK’s largest trussed rafter and timber floor factory – this week. In his capacity as Shadow Levelling Up Minister and Vice Chair of the APPG for the Timber Industries,...

Net Zero Review marks positive start to 2023

by Jack Clappen|18 January 2326 January 23|Policy

A net zero economy is the ‘growth opportunity of the 21st Century’ according to a new report from a UK Government sponsored report. Former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore MP published his Net Zero Review last Friday, putting forward a set of 129 recommendations to accelerate this shift. Key among these recommendations is...

Embodied Carbon Bill stumbles at second reading

by Jack Clappen|29 November 2221 February 23|Policy, Sustainability

Last Friday saw the second reading of the Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill, a Private Member’s Bill being sponsored by Jerome Mayhew, MP for Broadland and a member of the influential Environmental Audit Select Committee. This motion aimed to ensure that whole-life carbon emissions are reported upon construction and that legal...

Government must provide stability amidst poor business environment

by TDUK|07 November 2216 March 23|Policy

Timber Development UK CEO David Hopkins has addressed the Construction Product Association’s sharply downgraded forecast for construction output in 2023 following September’s Mini Budget, commenting: “Brexit, COVID-19, Ukraine, and unprecedented political instability now leave the construction industry facing an extremely difficult year, with the CPA predicting 3.9% decline in overall...

Rishi Sunak becomes the latest UK prime minister

by Jack Clappen|24 October 2217 March 23|Policy

Rishi Sunak is set to become the UK's fifth prime minister in six years following the latest Conservative Party leadership contest. Rishi Sunak is a former Chancellor of the Exchequer and will be the first British-Asian prime minister in UK history. He stood for leadership earlier this year, however, lost...

Liz Truss, lettuce, and our troubled political economy

by Jack Clappen|21 October 2217 March 23|Policy

Yesterday, the current government’s continuing melodrama entered a new chapter as Liz Truss resigned after just 45 days as prime minister. Truss’ resignation makes her the shortest serving prime minister in UK history, overtaking George Canning who died of pneumonia just 119 days into office. It also means we are...

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