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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Housing Strategy Not Radical Enough',says FMB</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders (FMB) says the Government new housing strategy White Paper will not be enough to tackle the housing crisis.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Planning reforms good says FMB</title>
      <description>Brian Berry, Director of External Affairs at the FMB says the planning system needs urgent reform if it is to deliver the homes and infrastructure needed to support economic growth.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMB call on Green Investment Bank</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders (FMB) respond to launch of  world's first Green Investment Bank</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMB says cut VAT to turn empty properties to homes</title>
      <description>Cut VAT on domestic repair and maintenance to help bring the one million empty UK properties back into use, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) during National Empty Homes Week.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Small land sites could meet housing demand</title>
      <description>'Housing Futures: Our Homes and Communities', a new research report from the FMB, shows that reusing small empty sites could more than meet UK housing demand without building on green field land.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMB on upgrading our existing housing stock</title>
      <description>Social housing plan must not be at the expense of upgrading our existing housing stock, warns Federation of Master Builders.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>Delivery plan needed to upgrade Britain's homes</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders responds to the Government's draft Heat and Energy Saving Strategy consultation.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>Federation of Master Builders response to Budget</title>
      <description>a missed opportunity to address the housing crisis, says the Federation of Master Builders in its response to the Budget.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>Recession continues to hit builders hard warns FMB</title>
      <description>73 percent of FMB builders report a decline in workloads in the industrial sector, and 66 percent reporting similarly for commercial sector during first three months of 2009.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMB demands a 'Budget For Homes'</title>
      <description>Comprehensive package to build more houses and retrofit existing homes needs to be the  top priority in the governments Budget proposals says Federation of Master Builders.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>FMB report on 'Energy Efficiency and Jobs'</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders calls on Treasury to act to make existing homes greener.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>Zero carbon homes need to be realistic warns FMB</title>
      <description>Definition of' Zero Carbon' homes needs to be realistic and not idealistic if we are to having real chance of creating greener, more energy efficient homes, warns the Federation of Master Builder.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMB urges Government to act to save jobs</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is urging the Government to create a strategy for dealing with the UK's existing building stock.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMB on new energy efficient homes strategy</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders response to publication of the Government's heat and energy saving strategy to reduce carbon emissions to zero by the year 2050.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>Government plans to build more council houses</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders welcomes Government plans to build more council houses but stress the importance of including small builders.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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      <title>FMB response to Government car industry bailout</title>
      <description>Federation of Master Builders ask what about house building industry?</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Federation of Master Builders (FMB)</category>
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