The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up archaic rules and slash regulations to get Britain building. It issued a stark warning on Monday, warning that Britain needed a radical reset of the rules around nuclear power to save tens of billions in costs and reverse the industry's decline.
Is it cheaper to extend up or out? This is something I've been thinking about a lot just lately as I plan, early next year, to submit plans to do both as a way of adding some much needed space to the home we have decided to stay in rather than sell and move.
In fall 2017, Piccin and his wife lost their ranch house when the Tubbs fire roared through Northern California's famed wine region. Contractors found themselves in high demand and overbooked, and the one the couple hired abandoned the project halfway through. In the time it took to find a new builder, the price tag rose by a third to $2.4 million, forcing the Piccins to sell a rental property they owned to pay the bill.
Steven Mulholland, CEO of the Construction Plant-hire Association, says: "Construction costs have skyrocketed - this isn't a temporary squeeze, it's a structural problem making renovations increasingly unaffordable."
"While periodic work has been done to keep these buildings occupiable, neither building has seen a comprehensive renovation since they were first constructed."