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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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So thrilled to be returning to The Times later this month as US business editor, based in New York. Can’t wait to work with the talented US and business teams led by @katdavies and @fletcherr ✉️Get in touch securely with tips and invites: louisaclarence @proton .me

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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1 year

💥 Rishi Sunak is considering launching an urgent review of “age-inappropriate” sex education materials in schools He is said to be alarmed about RSE content in classrooms and was handed a 130-page dossier of case studies by MPs this week

Government considering urgent review into ‘inappropriate’ sex education

Rishi Sunak is said to be personally alarmed about Government guidance produced in 2019 that was endorsed by LGBT charity Stonewall

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I've started @Telegraph as education editor. Got a story about schools, universities, or further education? Get in touch: louisa.clarence-smith @telegraph .co.uk

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More concerning activity by PayPal It has shut down the account of parents’ group @UsforThemUK which campaigned to keep schools open during pandemic, citing “the nature of its activities”

PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open during pandemic

UsForThem said it has been unable to access thousands of pounds in donations ‘due to the nature of our activities’

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@LouisaClarence

2 years

🎉🎉 Very excited to have been appointed Education Editor @Telegraph . Sad to be leaving to the business beat and my wonderful colleagues @thetimes but this could not be a a bigger moment for schools, families, and children. Starting at the end of June.

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

1 year

Exclusive: A civil servant was sacked after blowing the whistle on political activism in Whitehall, including the exclusion of white men from a jobseekers' event She has now been awarded a £100,000 payout from the Government

Civil servant who blew the whistle on political activism wins £100,000 settlement

Anna Thomas raised the alarm over a number on concerns, including a police jobseekers' event that excluded white men

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

10 months

Exclusive: Banks face losing their licence if they discriminate against customers based on political beliefs under plans being drawn up by the Government

Banks could lose their licence if they discriminate against customers over political views

Legislation is being drafted to give banks new free speech duties after the Coutts scandal

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

2 years

Victory for campaigners led by @UsforThemUK as government confirms the Covid-19 inquiry will examine the impact of lockdowns on children and their education

Sixty barristers and a £14m annual budget – but Covid Inquiry could still drag on until 2026

MPs demand report before general election amid fears investigation into pandemic deaths and the impacts of lockdown will last four years

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

💥Exclusive: A company owned by a friend of Unite leader Len McCluskey has been paid £95m by the union for a construction project that was initially supposed to cost £7m. The revelations come on the eve of a crisis meeting over the project

Firm owned by Len McCluskey’s friend was paid £95m for ‘£7m project’

A company owned by a friend of the Unite leader Len McCluskey has been paid £95 million by the union for a construction project that was initially supposed to cost £7 million, it is revealed today....

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

11 months

Exclusive: White pupils have been excluded from extra weekend literacy classes at schools in north London It comes as a report by @DontDivideUsNow claims that schools have been infiltrated by groups teaching contested critical race theory as fact

White pupils excluded from extra Saturday literacy lessons

Parents at a Haringey primary school have been told that schools will fund the lessons for children from black and black heritage families

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

In 2015, senior Conservatives including Boris Johnson promised to regenerate Ramsgate and make it the “beating heart of Kent’s tourist economy” Six years on it has more than 30 empty shops in and around its High Street

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Exclusive: A woman has described being “violently assaulted” at the Midland hotel bar at the Conservative Party conference last night Clementine Cowton said she wanted to highlight how "women are often unsafe in places where other people feel safe"

Conservative conference: Octopus executive Clementine Cowton ‘assaulted in hotel bar’

An executive has described being “violently assaulted” at a hotel bar at the Conservative Party conference last night.Clementine Cowton, director of external affairs at Octopus Energy Group, told a...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

2 years

Shares in Grenfell building materials companies Kingspan and Saint Gobain down almost 7% and 5% on Gove threat to ban the sale of their products in the UK if they don’t commit to funding remediation works now

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Robert Jenrick last week, says Treasury blocked attempts for bigger cladding fund Rishi Sunak today, questioned about funds for cladding removal: “We’re straying into area that is not my portfolio responsibility” @CommonsTreasury

Robert Jenrick: I fought Treasury for more cladding support

Flat owners who are unable to sell their home because of the cladding crisis need the Treasury to step in to resolve their predicament, the former housing secr

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

1 year

Breaking: Gillian Keegan announces independent panel of big-hitters to lead sex education review They include Alasdair Henderson, the barrister behind the report on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Chuffed to win this with the talented @_MODwyer ! 🥳🥂

The Wincott Foundation

@Wincottfound

3 years

In the Young Journalist of the Year category @LouisaClarence was a co-winner, standing out for her strong writing on the property sector

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

2 years

Excl: Education Secretary Kit Malthouse suggested people who went to comprehensives were poorly educated in a letter to his student newspaper. In the 1988 letter, he also writes Labour MPs are "in the main thick”, whereas Tory MPs are “highly educated”.

Comprehensive school pupils get ‘inadequate education’, Kit Malthouse wrote in student paper

The now Education Secretary also said Labour MPs are 'in the main thick' in a letter published when he was aged 22

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

The housing secretary is facing calls for an inquiry into his decision unlawfully to approve the property development of a billionaire who once donated to the Conservative Party, with @billykenber

Questions over Robert Jenrick’s approval of Tory donor Richard Desmond’s housing plan

The housing secretary is facing calls for an inquiry into his decision unlawfully to approve the property development of a billionaire who once donated to the Conservative Party.Mike Amesbury, the...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Intrigued by this new signature branding appearing on the chancellor’s announcements. Is an embossed polo shirt collection in the works for summer? Rishi, by Rishi Sunak

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@LouisaClarence

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What happens when a school allows a boy to join reception as a girl and keeps his sex a secret for years? The inside story of how one CofE school’s policy left a group of 7 year old girls traumatised. With ⁦ @AllisonPearson ⁩

Boy, 4, allowed to join Church of England school as a girl

Ministers pledge to intervene after parents claim the child’s sex was hidden from classmates, who were traumatised to learn the truth

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 months

NEW: Rory Stewart has emerged as a contender to be Oxford’s next chancellor With ⁦ @DominicPenna ⁩

Rory Stewart tipped as next chancellor of Oxford University

Former Tory minister emerges as front runner as institution prepares to hold online vote for the largely ceremonial role

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@LouisaClarence

4 years

This is what a socially distanced canteen looks like at an Inland Homes construction site in Kent. Bleak.

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Great to be in the running with some esteemed nominees for this award 🥳

The Wincott Foundation

@Wincottfound

3 years

In the Young Journalist of the year category, @olivertelling , @CallumBurroughs , @ceostroff , @LouisaClarence and @_MODwyer were shortlisted

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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2 years

Exclusive: A group of US congressmen has written to President Biden to demand security vetting for UK investments in US companies if the British government fails to intervene in the Chinese takeover of a microchip plant in Wales

US politicians press Biden on sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Chinese

A group of American congressmen has written to President Biden to demand security vetting for UK investments in US companies if the British government fails to intervene in the Chinese takeover of...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

2 years

It’s all kicking off between housebuilders and @michaelgove Persimmon’s boss says the housing secretary’s demands over funding for cladding repairs are illegal after taking advice from a top QC @aliosborne20 @tomhtimes

Gove threats are unlawful, say builders

Michael Gove is acting “unlawfully” in threatening housebuilders over the cladding crisis, a leading player in the sector has told the government.Persimmon has taken legal advice from Lord Pannick QC...

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@LouisaClarence

3 years

The impact of the cladding crisis on residential investment was not considered as a factor in OBR's residential investment forecasts, admits OBR's Sir Charlie Bean, following question from @Siobhain_Mc @CommonsTreasury

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@LouisaClarence

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Breaking: A prayer ban imposed at Katharine Birbalsingh’s Michaela Community School is lawful, a High Court judge has ruled

Prayer ban ruling a 'victory for all schools', says Katharine Birbalsingh

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Colleagues, rival developers and Times readers pay tribute to Tony Pidgley, the Barnardo’s boy who built one of Britain’s most successful companies

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

A woman is running one of Britain’s major property agents for the first time. Can Stephanie Hyde change the culture and lead JLL to overtake CBRE? First interview in @TimesBusiness

Property needs to catch up when it comes to diversity and modern data, says the boss of JLL

A woman is running one of Britain’s leading property surveyors for the first time. Stephanie Hyde, a former partner at PwC, took over as UK chief executive of J

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@LouisaClarence

4 years

Jenrick says Richard Desmond’s Westferry project would have provided “hundreds of affordable homes” and “there was no bias” in his decision. It offered 21% affordable (282 out of 1,524) which is well below the 35% affordable policy target for big schemes in London

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@LouisaClarence

4 years

Positive news from Taylor Wimpey and Vistry Group this morning. Both housebuilders have announced plans to re-start construction in the next 3 weeks after reviewing safety on sites

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@LouisaClarence

4 years

The housing secretary has accepted he showed “apparent bias” when he gave the green light for Richard Desmond's Westferry Printworks, just in time for the billionaire to avoid an estimated £40m bill for local infrastructure works

‘Biased’ Robert Jenrick backed mogul’s £1bn Isle of Dogs deal

The housing secretary unlawfully approved a property development of a billionaire tycoon who once donated to the Conservative Party.Robert Jenrick has accepted he showed “apparent bias” when he gave...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Reassuring to be reminded that no matter what uncertainty we face, the characters in Eastenders never change

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@LouisaClarence

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Teachers are surveying pupils over gender confusion and punishing them for using the wrong pronouns, parents have claimed

‘Activist teachers’ questioned pupils every term about their gender, parents claim

LGB Alliance conference also hears allegations of children being punished for ‘misgendering’ their teacher

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@LouisaClarence

11 months

Exclusive: Gillian Keegan will present herself as the heir to Margaret Thatcher in a speech today amid speculation of a future leadership bid

Gillian Keegan to appeal to the Tory Right and present herself as heir to Thatcher

The Education Secretary is seen as a potential leadership candidate if the Conservatives lose power in the next general election

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

6 years

Exciting to get my first @TimesBusiness byline for @EstatesGazette story!

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

5 years

Big property splash in @thetimes today! Persimmon faces potential loss of Help to Buy contract

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@LouisaClarence

5 years

Exclusive: Oxford University and Legal & General have formed a partnership to build thousands of homes for staff and graduates as well as science and technology hubs

Oxford joins forces with Legal and General to build £4bn of homes

Oxford University is to receive up to £4 billion to build thousands of homes for staff and graduates as well as new science and innovation districts.Oxford will provide the land and Legal & General,...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

9 years

Is @MKA_UK the most prolific fundraising group in the UK? http://t.co/TH2EsclHpc http://t.co/NinLeuVxKr

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Brilliant letter from Timpson boss @JamesTCobbler in @thetimes today on KPMG’s introduction of a target for the number of working class staff

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Chuffed to have made this list - Alongside some far more accomplished women in property!

SEC Newgate UK - Advocacy

@SECNAdvocacy

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💥Our 2020 list of influential women in #planning , #property , and the built environment is now LIVE and available to view on our website #EachforEqual #IWD2020 💥

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4 years

NEW: The housing market will remain open during the new lockdown in England. People can still move home and should follow the current guidance, @mhclg has confirmed

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@LouisaClarence

2 years

🚨Labour plans to appeal to working parents in Tory strongholds by lifting restrictions on new state nursery schools Interview with ⁦ @bphillipsonMP ⁩ on how the UK could create an Estonian-style childcare system

Labour to build state nurseries to cut childcare costs

Party aims to gain support from professional parents in Tory strongholds by scrapping restrictions on opening local authority-run preschools

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

7 years

First interview: the woman taking on the top job in local government #Manchester

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Remarkable how much damage is being done to the government and the Public Health message to protect Dominic Cummings. What makes No 10 think it can’t function without him? And why isn’t he trying to protect the PM by taking the fall?

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

11 months

💥A major row has broken out within the Government over plans to let children change their gender in school if parents give their consent Gillian Keegan is facing a backlash from Tory MPs and figures in Downing St and the Equalities Office over the plans

Plan to let children change gender at school a 'political disaster'

Tory backlash as Education Secretary says guidance will recommend pupils be able to 'socially transition' to a pronoun of their choice

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Big news from Taylor Wimpey. Says it will close all construction sites, despite gov saying they can still operate. Will others follow?

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1 year

Parents are being kept in the dark when their child changes gender identity at nearly half of schools, ⁦ @Policy_Exchange ⁩ study finds Downing Street is under pressure from MPs and peers to intervene

Children allowed to self-declare gender at nearly half of schools

Parents kept in the dark as teachers increasingly turn to external agencies that promote 'controversial and contested beliefs', warns report

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

5 years

First interview with Kenta Konishi, the UK chief executive of Japan’s biggest housebuilder, which plans to build thousands of modular homes around the country

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Exclusive: The property industry is facing an audit-style shake-up by its regulator after scrutiny of potential conflicts of interest at the biggest advisory firms

Audit-style crackdown on surveyors

The property industry is facing an audit-style shake-up by its regulator after scrutiny of potential conflicts of interest at the biggest advisory firms.The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

2 years

Further evidence that Michael Gove is likely to go after building materials firms after the Grenfell inquiry ends Yet Kingspan's shares continue to be unaffected - up 1% today and 62% this year

Michael Gove

@michaelgove

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Deeply disappointed that @MercedesAMGF1 are accepting sponsorship from cladding firm Kingspan while the Grenfell Inquiry is ongoing. I will be writing to Mercedes to ask them to reconsider. The Grenfell community deserves better.

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A lot of commentators saying 9 out of 10 NEU teachers voted to strike in ballot results disclosed yesterday. That's not right. Less than half - 48% - of all NEU teachers in England voted to strike. On a turnout of 53%, 90% of those who voted said "yes" to a strike

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

6 years

Legal & General has formed a new company with @Bruntwood_UK to create a £1.8bn network of science & tech centres across UK regional cities

Venture gives £1.8bn boost to regional science hubs

Legal & General is backing a scheme to create a £1.8 billion network of science and technology centres in regional cities. The investment group has formed a joint venture with Bruntwood, the property...

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@LouisaClarence

3 years

Exclusive: The Australian trade minister is flying to the UK next week in an attempt to break the deadlock over a multibillion-pound post-Brexit trade deal

Australia moves to break trade deadlock

The Australian trade minister is flying to the UK next week in an attempt to break the deadlock over a multibillion-pound post-Brexit trade deal, The Times has learnt.Britain and Australia have...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

5 years

NEW: A £1.4 billion skyscraper is to be built in the City of London after the project received financial backing from one of Britain’s biggest investment funds

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4 years

Robert Jenrick says the decision to recover an appeal on the Sandown Park Racecourse development was “taken by officials” and “no minister had any knowledge” of it That’s not what the planning inspectorate said in a letter to Elmbridge Borough Council

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@LouisaClarence

2 years

Michael Gove has privately said he is happy to be “taking on dukes and developers” who have made fortunes out of the feudal leasehold system, via @oliver_wright Property lawyers say plans amount to a redistribution of wealth in England

Freehold freedoms to favour owners rather than ‘dukes and developers’

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will be given the power to buy the freehold to their property under plans to phase out the majority of “feudal” leaseholds

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@LouisaClarence

1 year

Only two months ago, Emma Pattison, the first female head of Epsom College, was telling pupils how excited she was about the year ahead. “There is so much to come,” she told pupils on the school’s podcast. Her former schools have paid tribute today.

Emma Pattison ‘absolutely loving her time’ at Epsom College before tragic death

Popular headteacher, whose body was discovered with family on Sunday, had told her school's podcast there was ‘so much to come’

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@LouisaClarence

5 years

Exclusive: A Chinese property developer has threatened to withhold further investment in the £1.7bn Royal Albert Docks project until there is certainty around the outcome of Brexit.

Developer Advanced Business Park in threat to pull plug on Royal Albert Dock funds

A Chinese property developer has threatened to withhold further investment in a £1.7 billion regeneration project close to London’s City airport until there is certainty around the outcome of...

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5 years

Help to Buy has helped a lot of people get on the housing ladder. But it has not helped deliver lots of high quality homes, with all the focus on supporting that eye-watering 30% profit margin

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@LouisaClarence

5 years

Big property splash in @thetimes today! Persimmon faces potential loss of Help to Buy contract

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Persimmon's boss yesterday refused to tell me whether the housebuilder had paid to take over its biggest complaints group on Facebook, in what would have breached the site's rules

Persimmon defends shutting Facebook group to ‘gag critics’

The chief executive of Persimmon has refused to deny that the housebuilder paid to take control of a Facebook group dedicated to complaints about the company before shutting it down,The Times...

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@LouisaClarence

3 years

Scoop: Jeff Fairburn, the ousted boss of Persimmon, has joined forces with US hedge fund Elliott Advisors to buy one of Britain’s biggest private housebuilders

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4 years

💥Taylor Wimpey says it will return taxpayers money it accepted via the furlough scheme given the resilience of the housing market. Will other big builders follow?

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Sarah Snook speaks to @Telegraph after winning best actress in a play @OlivierAwards *clip from my night moonlighting as a show biz reporter

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5 years

Laing O'Rourke, the construction company behind many of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects, says a "no deal" Brexit would have a minimal impact on present projects

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@LouisaClarence

1 year

💥Teachers’ workloads could be slashed in a bid to halt strikes, under plans being drawn up by the Education Secretary. “We want to reduce bureaucracy which is an issue for teachers,” a Whitehall source said.

Teachers’ workloads could be cut in bid to halt strikes in schools

Gillian Keegan tells officials to find ways of slashing bureaucracy in effort to stop further walkouts

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5 years

Sekisui’s view of the U.K. new-build housing market: “The UK is one of the leading countries for design and architecture, so when took a look we were a bit surprised because we see many things are advanced in this country but housing was quite left over, in a sense.”

Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

5 years

First interview with Kenta Konishi, the UK chief executive of Japan’s biggest housebuilder, which plans to build thousands of modular homes around the country

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Exclusive: Middle-class parents should encourage their children to do apprenticeships instead of going to university, says @JohnGlenUK Apprenticeships can offer a better “return on investment” for teenagers than university degrees, he told The Telegraph

Middle-class parents should encourage children to do apprenticeships, says minister

John Glen calls for generational shift in how vocational training is viewed as learning on the job can be better value than getting a degree

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@LouisaClarence

4 years

Quite enjoying this reader's joke in response to our Hammerson story this morning...

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3 years

Scoop: Sir George Iacobescu, the driving force behind Canary Wharf, is stepping back from his role as executive chairman next month

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3 years

💥Scoop with @KGriffithsTimes Thousands of young people will get their first step on the housing ladder under a new mortgage guarantee scheme due to be announced in the Budget

Neil Henderson

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THE TIMES: First time buyers get boost for new loans #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Exclusive: Apple has agreed a deal to take a chunk of office space at the City of London's new skyscraper

Apple turns to City’s highest tower before lights go on at power station

Things are looking up for Apple, in one sense at least, even though it is still awaiting the completion of its new British headquarters. The world’s first trillion-dollar company has agreed to lease...

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Epsom College has appointed a new headteacher who has vowed to honour the legacy of Emma Pattison following her suspected murder

Epsom College appoints Sir Anthony Seldon as new headteacher after Emma Pattison tragedy

Education veteran will take over on March 1 and pledges to ensure the school ‘embodies the values’ that guided the former head's life

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4 years

Exclusive: Housebuilders have been warned they could be stripped of their right to sell Help to Buy homes if they use advertising to make buyers feel time pressured to complete purchases before the current scheme ends next year

Help to Buy housebuilders get warning over marketing

Housebuilders have been warned they could be stripped of their right to sell Help to Buy homes if they use advertising to make buyers feel time pressured to complete purchases before the current...

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@LouisaClarence

3 years

Exclusive: KPMG has become the first big business in Britain to set a target for the number of working-class staff It is aiming for 29 per cent of its partners and directors to come from the social group by 2030

KPMG aims for a third of its staff to be working class

The accounting and consulting firm KPMG has become the first big business in Britain to set a target for the number of working-class staff.It is aiming for 2

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@LouisaClarence

3 years

💥Exclusive: Derek Hatton has been arrested alongside Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson as part of a corruption probe into property deals @thejohnsimpson @char_wace @patrickkmaguire

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson arrested by police in bribery inquiry

The mayor of Liverpool has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation as part of a corruption investigation into proper

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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Children “deserve an apology” from the Government over the policy strategy exposed by Whatsapp leaks, a leading academy boss has said Failings exposed in @Telegraph have “been hugely detrimental to the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people.”

Children deserve an apology from the Government, says academy boss

Lockdown Files in The Telegraph show ‘that policy was being made on the hoof’ says Steve Chalke, head of Oasis academies

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@LouisaClarence

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💥Inside the ‘Wild West’ of Relationships and Sex Education lessons in Britain’s schools Parents and MPs warn of explicit age-inappropriate content and contested gender ideologies taught as fact How did we get here? 👇

Masturbation lessons and 100 genders: What our children are being taught at school

Why are pre-pubescent pupils learning about ‘rough sex’ and preferred pronouns in secret?

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Exclusive in tomorrow’s @TimesBusiness : Persimmon’s ousted £76m bonus chief executive Jeff Fairburn has resurfaced at another Yorkshire housebuilder

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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NEW: Threat level raised for a headteachers strike @ASCL_UK 's indicative ballot has shown a majority in favour of proceeding to a formal ballot 61% of eligible members voted in total, with 64% of these in favour of moving to a formal ballot on strike action

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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Hedge fund boss Ken Griffin says he will no longer donate to Harvard The elite college is producing “whiny snowflakes” he says

Harvard produces ‘whiny snowflakes’, says major donor as he withdraws funding

Ken Griffin is the latest wealthy alumnus to halt payments over university’s handling of hate speech on campus following Oct 7 attacks

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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Persimmon, Britain's biggest housebuilder by market value, has been selling almost 50% more homes per week since the start of July than it sold last year. On the back of the rebound, it will pay an interim dividend of 40p per share.

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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Boris declares he is a "sceptic" about predictions the pandemic will lead to a "massive change" in urban life But lots of city centre businesses tonight will be worrying about how they can survive if office workers don't return before the summer

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

7 years

View from the office today #Manchester

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Savills is now predicting that UK house prices won't fall at all during the crisis...but will grow by 20.4% by 2024, which would be really quite remarkable, and not ideal for aspiring homeowners

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

2 years

Exclusive: State school pupils are more likely to get into the University of Cambridge than their private school counterparts for the first time with @bienbutcher

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

5 years

A culture of mistrust between retailers and landlords, as well as increased scrutiny on property valuations and outdated tenant risk ratings, is stoking a “perfect storm” for retail landlords

Retailers’ secrecy ‘is just storing up trouble’

A wave of investment needed to revive Britain’s shops and shopping centres is at risk because of a lack of transparency on retailers’ trading activity and financial strength, landlords have warned.A...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

3 years

Exclusive: The government is looking at introducing a new "levelling up" planning formula that would result in more development in the north of England and the Midlands and fewer new homes in Tory shire constituencies

New planning formula would see more houses in the north

A new planning formula backed by the housing secretary would result in more development in the north of England and the Midlands and fewer new homes in Tory sh

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

Persimmon has joined Barratt and Taylor Wimpey in shutting down its construction sites. Britain's three biggest builders, which accounted for nearly 50,000 of the country's new homes last year

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@LouisaClarence

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Clive Betts, chairman of the housing select committee, told The Times he wants to explore whether the tax on the building industry to pay for cladding “goes far enough”. Redrow's John Tutte said the proposed tax was not “a massive amount”

Loans to fix cladding are a betrayal, say Tory MPs

Tory MPs have accused ministers of “shocking incompetence” despite the government’s agreement to pay £3.5 billion to remove cladding from hundreds of thousands of unsafe high-rise flats.Robert...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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NEW: Universities are considering offering fewer places to British students amid the threat of financial collapse

Universities may reduce British student numbers as financial collapse looms

One university in England ‘could go bust this year’ as frozen tuition fees, high costs and falling international numbers bite

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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NEW: The Department for Education says it is "urgently investigating" reports that UK students are being asked to meet higher entry standards than international students Ministers have held discussions with the university sector this afternoon

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@LouisaClarence

3 years

Canary Wharf during the 9am "rush hour" this morning...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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4 years

Exclusive: Google is expanding its London office footprint in a demonstration of its commitment to the city and the future of office-working

Google commits to office life with expansion of London estate

Google is expanding its London office footprint in a demonstration of its commitment to the city and the future of office-working.The tech group is in advanced discussions to lease an additional...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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One of the country’s biggest property investment families has called the bottom of the shopping centre slump with commitment to invest in neglected regional town centres

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

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Universities must “come clean” about the amount of online learning they are delivering, academics and leading figures in education policy have warned Hundreds of thousands of students could be “unknowingly” signing up for courses unaware of how many hours will be taught online

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

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The construction of new office buildings in London is at its highest level since the EU Referendum, @DeloitteUK_RE crane survey finds

New office sites in London show little sign of Brexit blues

The construction of office buildings in central London is at its highest level since the EU referendum.The upbeat findings in the Deloitte crane survey were seized on by the Department for Internat...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

8 years

Big anti-Fascist protest marches through London Bridge - 'Europe we are with you'

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

5 years

Persimmon’s latest ploy to recover its reputation - destroy years’ of public complaints by taking over the biggest customer complaints group about its homes on Facebook

Persimmon shuts out critics of its homes with Facebook takeover

A leading housebuilder has removed complaints about the quality of its homes from Facebook after taking over the administration of a group targeting its customers on the social media site. Persimmon,...

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Louisa Clarence-Smith

@LouisaClarence

4 years

L&G’s Nigel Wilson warns government that “history will judge us very unkindly” if we don’t take this opportunity when rates are so low to invest in areas such as climate change solutions, mid-size infrastructure projects and retrofitting housing

Borrow big and spend, L&G chief Nigel Wilson tells Boris Johnson

The chief executive of Legal & General has warned that “history will judge us unkindly” unless the government embarks on a multibillion-pound investment programme to revitalise the economy. Nigel...

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