{"id":78419,"date":"2020-06-30T11:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=78419"},"modified":"2020-07-02T10:14:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:14:37","slug":"build-build-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/build-build-build\/78419\/","title":{"rendered":"New deal: Boris Johnson pledges to \u2018build build build\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/boris-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boris Johnson<\/a> will today (30 June) announce a \u2018New Deal\u2019 to \u2018build build build\u2019 putting jobs and infrastructure at the heart of the government\u2019s economic growth strategy<\/h2>\n<p>In a speech in the West Midlands, the Boris Johnson will underline his commitment to \u2018build, build, build\u2019 in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-package\/76257\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">level-up Britain\u2019s infrastructure<\/a> and skills to fuel economic growth across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister is expected to say: \u201cIt sounds positively Rooseveltian. It sounds like a New Deal. All I can say is that if so, then that is how it is meant to sound and to be, because that is what the times demand. A government that is powerful and determined and that puts its arms around people at a time of crisis\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026this is a government that is wholly committed not just to defeating coronavirus but to using this crisis finally to tackle this country\u2019s great unresolved challenges of the last three decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo build the homes, to fix the NHS, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/skills-shortage-in-construction-sector\/43629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tackle the skills crisis<\/a>, to mend the indefensible gap in opportunity and productivity and connectivity between the regions of the UK. To unite and level up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo that end we will build build build. Build back better, build back greener, build back faster and to do that at the pace that this moment requires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PM will bring forward \u00a35bn of capital investment projects, supporting jobs and the economic recovery, this includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a31.5bn this year for hospital maintenance, eradicating mental health dormitories, enabling hospital building, and improving A&amp;E capacity.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3100m this year for 29 projects in the road network to get Britain moving, from bridge repairs in Sandwell to boosting the quality of the A15 in the Humber region.\n<ul>\n<li>Plus \u00a310m for development work to unblock the Manchester rail bottleneck, which will begin this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Over \u00a31bn to fund the first 50 projects of a new, ten-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/school-rebuilding-programme\/78329\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school rebuilding programme<\/a>, starting from 2020-21.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3560m and \u00a3200m for repairs and upgrades to schools and FE colleges respectively this year.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3142m for digital upgrades and maintenance to around 100 courts this year, \u00a383m for maintenance of prisons and youth offender facilities, and \u00a360m for temporary prison places, creating thousands of new jobs.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3900m for a range of \u2018shovel ready\u2019 local growth projects in England over the course of this year and next, as well as \u00a396m to accelerate investment in town centres and high streets through the Towns Fund this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Infrastructure revolution<\/h3>\n<p>Johnson will hail an \u201cinfrastructure revolution\u201d \u2013 building infrastructure, building jobs and building healthcare through a bold programme of national renewal, uniting and levelling up the UK.<\/p>\n<p>He will say: \u201cToo many parts of this country have felt left behind, neglected, unloved, as though someone had taken a strategic decision that their fate did not matter as much as the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so I want you to know that this government not only has a vision to change this country for the better, we have a mission to unite and level up \u2013 the mission on which we were elected last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Build build build\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>To support the ambition to \u2018build build build\u2019, in the autumn the government will also publish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/transforming-uk-infrastructure\/48560\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Infrastructure Strategy<\/a> which will set a clear direction on core economic infrastructure, including energy networks, road and rail, flood defences and waste.<\/p>\n<p>The government also intends to bring forward funding to accelerate infrastructure projects in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland \u2013 it will work with the devolved administrations to identify where it can get spades in the ground, build our communities, and create jobs faster for citizens across the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>To protect the UK\u2019s natural infrastructure, the prime minister will recommit to reforest Britain by planting over 75,000 acres of trees every year by 2025. He is also set to pledge \u00a340m to boost local conservation projects and create 3000 jobs, including new Conservation Rangers, and safeguard a further 2,000 \u2013 training young people and others in the community to protect their local environments.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister will conclude: \u201cIf we deliver this plan together, then we will together build our way back to health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not just bounce back, we will bounce forward \u2013 stronger and better and more united than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Repair, repair, repair<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Berry, chief executive of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FMB<\/a>, said: \u201cThe crushing impact of the coronavirus on builders\u2019 workloads, enquiries and employment, as set out by the latest State of Trade data, sends a clear message to the government that it is right to invest in construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe repair, maintenance and improvement (RM&amp;I) sector contributes 32% towards construction output so it\u2019s important this isn\u2019t overlooked in terms of investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic has placed historic constraints on local builders\u2019 ability to work, train, and earn a living. The RM&amp;I market, the bread and butter for most small builders, has been the hardest hit. Almost half a million people left the sector as a result of the 2008-9 financial crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FMB is determined to avoid a repeat of this devastating blow to livelihoods and the building industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Berry concluded: \u201cThe prime minister must use his speech today to inject confidence back into the RM&amp;I market with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/cut-vat-and-greener-recovery\/76401\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cut in VAT<\/a>. Investment in infrastructure should mean housing too, making it easier for SME builders to build out small sites and bring empty homes back into use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a strategy for supporting the retention and recruitment of apprentices into the construction industry. Without these individuals, an infrastructure revolution will not be possible. In all of this we cannot forget the quality and sustainability of our buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA national retrofit strategy will help boost market confidence, and unleash the army of local builders waiting to improve the energy efficiency of our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister Boris Johnson will today (30 June) announce a \u2018New Deal\u2019 to \u2018build, build, build\u2019 putting jobs and infrastructure at the heart of the government\u2019s economic growth strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,908,720,276,572,579,592,660,596],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-federation-of-master-builders","10":"tag-government","11":"tag-housebuilding","12":"tag-infrastructure","13":"tag-skills","14":"tag-skills-shortage","15":"tag-training"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New deal: Boris Johnson pledges to \u2018build build build\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime minister Boris Johnson will announce a \u2018New Deal\u2019 to \u2018build, build, build\u2019 putting jobs and infrastructure at the heart of economic growth strategy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/build-build-build\/78419\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New deal: Boris Johnson pledges to \u2018build build build\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime minister Boris Johnson will today (30 June) announce a \u2018New Deal\u2019 to \u2018build, build, build\u2019 putting jobs and infrastructure at the heart of the government\u2019s economic growth strategy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/build-build-build\/78419\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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