Good morning, and welcome to Daily View on the day which sees New York’s Chrysler Building celebrate its 80th birthday. Completed in 1930, it was the tallest building in the world for all of 11 months, before being replaced by the Empire State Building. After 9/11, it is once again the second tallest building

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has just been interviewed by Andrew Marr; there were no grand policy announcements, but here's a run down of the points he was making: Bonuses for senior management at government backed banks are "simply unacceptable"; "The...

A major programme of 80 building projects to boost the Scottish economy is being announced by the Holyrood government.

While George Osborne is battling to prevent Britain's economy contracting, it appeared yesterday that his efforts have had the reverse effect on his waistline.

George Osborne has stressed that fixing Britain's broken society is integral to building a strong economy.

Alistair Darling, Labour’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at the Centrepoint building in London this morning said: "The choice this week couldn't matter more. I can tell you from personal experience - when faced with the scale of challenges we've seen in the last few years, every judgement is crucial.

Commenting on figures showing that house building in England has slumped by 19% in the last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, Julia Goldsworthy said: "With house building hitting rock bottom, this Government’s centralised housing targets are beginning to look like nothing more than a pipe-dream. "But unreachable targets will not help the thousands of f...

As some of you may know from my previous postings, one of my responsibilities in Government is the Building Regulations. So far, so dull, right? On the face of it, you might be forgiven for thinking so, but the building regulations offer a number of key tools and levers to tackle the carbon emissions produced

When George Osborne and Vince Cable start to rebuild the economy, they will have the help of some high-powered advisers and City heavyweights.

Had this from Jonathon, thanks! Just tried to get a flavour for the new report - building for a low carbon future (see which sets out the way the government intends to implement the new climate change act. It is useless and dangerous. Four things stand out for me... 1. Technology-led and assumes business and economic growth as usual. No demand reduction, culture or societal change. Even has a pict...