Taxes and regulations make housebuilding so costly it no longer makes economic sense to do it, federation says.

1 October 2026 marks the start of the Building Safety Levy, introduced after Grenfell to help fund the remediation of unsafe residential buildings and improve overall building safety standards.

The draft regulations setting out how the Building Safety Levy will operate have been laid in Parliament before final approval.

In this Q&A, Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen set out some important information about the levy so construction can get to grips with it before its implementation in Autumn 2026.

The Building Safety Levy will come into effect in Autumn 2026, the government has confirmed.

The Scottish government has secured powers from Westminster to introduce a tax to fix unsafe cladding in the country.

The government is consulting developers and other interested parties on its proposed Building Safety Levy.

Members of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have broadly agreed that the proposed Building Safety Levy should be the responsibility of the client.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched a survey to gauge members’ views on the proposed Building Safety Levy.

Members of Rider Levitt Bucknall’s multi-disciplinary team share their perspectives on how the new building safety landscape has changed their work

James Huckstep on the legislation that has changed the landscape of building safety.

Fewer than 1% of officers on the front line of housing delivery think the government’s target of 1.5 million new homes by 2029 is achievable. Andrew Harbourne of Thackray Williams explores why.

After a year of major shifts across construction, the industry now turns its attention to the trends poised to define 2026.

How can the government implement its housebuilding and infrastructure strategies with a skills shortage?

Dr Rebecca Rees and John Forde review the changes in building safety laws since the Grenfell Tower fire of 14 June 2017.

The government has published two major planning announcements aimed at the housebuilding sector. David Parry explains what’s in each of them.

Douglas Rhodes examines whether the measures introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022 have actually become one of the obstacles to the Government’s Remediation Acceleration Plan.