M&S has won a High Court appeal against the government’s decision to refuse the retailer to demolish its flagship store in London’s Marble Arch.

Housing secretary Michael Gove has sent Camden Council a stern letter after the Regulator of Social Housing found fire safety breaches in thousands of homes across the London Borough.

The government has launched its responsible actors scheme that requires major residential developers to pay for building safety remediations.

The recent ruling on the future of M&S Oxford Street store highlights the increasing scrutiny being placed on the embodied carbon associated with re-development, write Nicholle Kingsley and Siobhan Cross.

A round-up of reactions from the built environment to the Secretary of State to block the rebuilding of M&S’s iconic building in London’s Marble Arch.

CIOB has written to Michael Gove, Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), requesting a meeting about fire safety rules for care homes.

Developers have been given a six-week deadline to commit to fixing unsafe cladding on high rises or be banned from the market.

The government has watered down its housebuilding targets, as it set out new measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to an industry body representing cladding and insulation manufacturers, demanding that they contribute to the cost of remediating unsafe buildings.

The chair of an influential group of MPs has called on the government to make contractors and subcontractors who played a role in the building safety crisis pay for the remediation of unsafe buildings.

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has warned the government that late amendments to its Building Safety Bill are “unworkable” and could force professionals to leave the sector.

The government faces “practical difficulties” in pursuing overseas-based construction product manufacturers and developers when it comes to getting them to contribute to the cost of remediating defective buildings, housing secretary Michael Gove has admitted.

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

Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to the Construction Products Association, calling on cladding and insulation manufacturers to make a contribution to the cost of cladding remediation.

Housing secretary Michael Gove has blocked Rydon Homes, the sister company of the firm involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, from the government’s Help to Buy loan scheme with immediate effect.

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.

Michael Gove has replaced Robert Jenrick as secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, following a cabinet reshuffle.