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the chief of heathrow airport is set to commit publicly to a third runway for first 7 first time 7 first time since the 7 the first time since the chancellor backed the project. you make the announcement you will make the announcement later today. you will make the announcement later today-— eabozut to unveil plans to is about to unveil plans to increase the number of it could liaise. head building a the of building a third runway. the boss set to give a speech of building a third runway. the boss set that ve a speech of building a third runway. the boss set that it; a speech of building a third runway. the boss set that it willpeech of building a third runway. the boss set that it will invest confirming'that'it'will invest of pounds confirming'thet'it'witt invest of pounds to billions of pounds to the airfield reconfigure theeirfield and bus and reconfigure theeirfieid end bus and coach improve bus and coach collections. that will be paid using private funds, so it for using private funds, so it will not fall to the taxpayer. will. not felt to the teeeeverew—fi— . coincidence will. not felt to the teeeevere—w—r— . coincidence that elitt not felt to the teeeeuere—w—r— . coincidence that the will. het felt to the teeeeuere—w—r— . coincidence that the huge no coincidence that the huge has been made investment has been made after the chancellor ave her rachel reeves gave her backing to a at to a third runway at heathrow, to a third runway at heathrow, to help grow the uk economy. this will lay the groundwork for it before airport this will lay the groundwork for it before . proposals this will lay the groundwork for it before proposals for third to the the? we “hesse tn the ' ' this thst the “fittest? tn the ' ' this summer. thet the reheee te the ' ' this summer. the government this summer. the airport chief is airport chief executive is also likely to to using steel
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' werner? ’ t" , ”rifrtiserstt'eter” ' ' r tsrrrrghitiszirsitezeths gcu nthorpe from british steel's scunthorpe plan for works, plan for building works, helping securejobs plan for building works, helping secure jobs there. the expansion �*heathrow is highly expansion of heathrow is highly faces opposition controversial, faces opposition from environmental groups, some from environmental. groups. some local residents. some have endggée’orby residents. some have it gndrgée’orby residents. some have it will take longer than argued it will take longer then , decade argued it will take longer than , decade for a third to a reality, and become areality. and the benefits to be felt. economic benefits to be felt. the chief executive of the the ehief eeeeuhee ef’the e insists it will meet the ehief eeeeuhee ef’the e insists standards, and a environmental standards, and a will only go third—runway wilt—onty gee-ahead they meet the on quality faee 7 7 quality and carbon noise, air quality and carbon emissions. of funding for affordable and social housing. a further £50 million will be given to a local authority fund to build hundreds of council homes.
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that people desperately need. good to have you back on bbc news, you have done a lot of work on the subject. what aboutrthe latest announcement, when it {to the its 7 its tatg ets 7 reaching its targets? thanks for - me- _ reaching its targets? thanks for - me- i _ reaching its targets? thanks for- me. i-it- reaching its targets? thanks for- me. i-it is. sighificant that there really significant that there . another boost to the is another boost to the affordable homes programme this year, after one from rachel reeves last it does reeves last year. it does suggest that this labour are social government are taking seeiat and affordable house—building seriously. the problem we have and what
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problem we havergot;rond—whot been hearing from housing i've been hearing from housing since the eeeeeietiene tedetr einee the ww"""”""'”'"’ announcement is that it is ad hoc and piecemeal. 7—— t 7 to know there is they want to know there is a long—term stream that long—termrfunding—stream that count to keep they can count on to keep delivering homes. and what ggliyering homes. and what got is few hundred we�*ve’go�*t is a few hundred here, a few hundred million here, a few hundred there, that will, million there, and that will, raynerjust said, as angela raynerjust said, deliver several thousand homes. mam are talkin about a waitihg list the housing waiting list across the country now of more 1 million households. that gives some idea of the scale of you some idea of the scale of what is needed to solve the crisis. , ,., ~' what is needed to solve the crisis. , ,., ~ ., what is needed to solve the crisis. , ., ., crisis. i spoke to someone from a housing _ crisis. i spoke to someone from a housing organisation - saidt % saidtit i§ saidtit is not just saidtit is notjust about who said it is notjust about the money, actually thejmoneyn't's actually about -- thejmoneyn't's actually about -- the contractors the;money,7�*t's actually about w the contractors to do work 7 work to ”wk”; it; hit" w ”wk”; {5 knuth; " ”wk”; {5 knuth; hogs". the work to build the homes. what do you make of that? l what do you make of that? i think that's i think it think that's true. i think it is a difficult we are is a difficult situation we are now in, where you need to hog/v in. where you need to get land to build on, the land to build on, you need to get the workers to build the need to get the homes, you need to get the planning approval to know that planningraeerevatte knee.- that homes be built, as well
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the funding 7 the funding to prop it all -. .a.nde .. e. . " {ahéty'otutz 5 " {aindtyotu have 1 eand you have to . up. and you have to address every piece of that pipeline in order to get affordable housing built. ., built. indeed. the other question _ built. indeed. the other question of _ built. indeed. the other question of course - built. indeed. the other question of course that l eeeetien of course that gig, ,, , ,, , . . up eeeetien of course that gig, ,, , ,, , . . up is sure there comes up is making sure there is enough land for housing to built on as well. where do be built on as well. where do you think the government is at that? l youthinkthegovern ~. ' . that? the are at, 7: _ are at, and exactly—wherethey are at. and is exactly—wherethey are at, and is a really there is a really interesting they are doing don't think it is being i don't think it is being talked about enough, which is compulsory purchase reforming compulsory purchase orders. that's a mechanism which can be through which land can be acquired by a public body to build on, and one of the —— the and planning 7 matthew? 7 7 matthethennycook 7 7 matthethennycook hes = -: a lot, and; a lot, and el a lot, andfl have talked about a lot, and i have written about this, is purchase ygforming compulsory purchase make it easier to get the to make it eaeier te getthe .a .a..... .a.., . to make it eaeierte getthe , "r e , a, , a to build to make it eaeierte getthe r eer e r er r re to build on. will have land to build on. we will have to see when come vto. see.when thosereforms come legislation, i think =7t =z j of this puzzle, important part of this puzzle, it easier to get of
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maintenance contract. there's extensive water damage to the wall and the ceiling. there's a hole in the roof! all the plaster's pouring off. the school says after the bbc got in touch children learning in overcoats and the youngest sent home. shivering all day. we're going to have to send our youngest, are freezing because we can't heat our building to
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