Glenigan’s newly released July 2025 edition of its Construction Review shows an industry which, while definitely on the road to recovery, is making frustratingly slower progress than expected.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee will hear evidence in person on Wednesday from Philip Duffy, Environment Agency Chief Executive and Emma Hardy, Minister for Water and Flooding as part of its inquiry into flood resilience in England.

Uisce Éireann has broken ground on a €26 million investment in two significant projects in Maynooth in the town’s water and wastewater infrastructure.

The independent review of Defra’s regulatory landscape led by economist Dan Corry is calling for reform on how regulators operate, with increased focus on place-based outcomes, greater focus from Defra on facilitating infrastructure projects in the right locations and potential reform of the Habitats Regulations and how they are applied..

Anglian Water's Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Reed.

Chiefs of 32 nature organisations have issued a warning to Government that the new planning reforms in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. fail to deliver the Government’s promise of a ‘win-win’ for nature and development, and threaten to demolish environmental law.

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill had its Second Reading in Parliament yesterday – ahead of the reading Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner warned that there was ‘no time to waste’ and urged Parliament to back key legislation needed to speed up the delivery of the Plan for Change.

A partnership between the Environment Agency and Oxford City Council has secured the infrastructure needed to allow the development of around 18,000 new homes in and around Oxford, delivering change in the area in line with the Government’s ambition to unlock growth.

The Government has published a planning reform policy working paper paper on development and nature recovery proposing a new approach which uses funding from development to deliver environmental improvements and moves more responsibility for the improvements onto the state rather than developers.

The Environment Agency is seeking to understand the wider impacts of water scarcity on key water-using sectors beyond the water companies, agriculture and energy sectors.