The built environment could play a significant role in rebalancing the economy across UK regions – but there are challenges ahead for policymakers and industry.

The CIOB’s chief executive Caroline Gumble has called on new Prime Minister Liz Truss to continue the government’s agenda on levelling up and net zero.

Andrew Reynolds consider how construction is set to change and how the built environment can help to make levelling-up a reality.

As the week draws to a close, CM rounds up the construction stories you may have missed over the past seven days.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is to be renamed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), after Michael Gove’s appointment as secretary of state in a cabinet reshuffle.