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I mentioned this one was great.

And Chloe McCulloch, again from Building, had written one as well.

Yeah, there's quite a few of these that are useful.

But it's interesting with this one.

So Richard Steer is the chair of Gleads Worldwide.

And he's also on Building and Assemble Media have got their Building the Future think tank, which is kind of a number of leading lights from across the sector.

getting together to kind of join forces and come up with some joined up recommendations for government and for other industry stakeholders.

So there's quite a few recommendations in here.

So, so the first story, for those that don't know what we're talking about is, is firmly fixed on the Labour Party conference, which is in Liverpool.

And, and this, this, this headline that we're covering is from Building.

And if you've seen any- anything from the Labour Party conference, you'll understand where the title comes from, which is Hope Again.

Five key takeaways from Labour Conference 2026.

We, we've, we've helped to reform planning.

It may not be complete, but we're, we're in transit.

Building safety regulators doing its bit, you know, the, the Grenfell, um, inquiry legislation implementation, that stuff is all happening.

Y- yes, there are some big, big, big macroeconomic problems to fix, but, you know, w- we are exposed to that as every government is.

So figuring out the rest, let's help them along a little bit with our three headlines.

Let's get into this episode, shall we? And the first one is from building.co.uk.

It's something you touched upon, as a lot of these stories will be.

But this is Burnham's pivot to council house building risks an immediate drop in delivery.

And finally, an AI update.

For the third successive year, the construction industry's spend on AI has increased to an all-time high, according to a survey of the top 150 consultants by Building Magazine.

What emerges is a picture where payback on investment is still being evaluated, although most respondents admit the main focus of AI applications has been in routine admin and business report functions.

What is reassuring is that consultants recognize AI risk and limitations, and are also keen to de-risk it by being careful to retain the guardrail of human review, to ensure that there are no errors with human oversight remaining a fundamental component of all AI-enabled processes to ensure accountability and trust.