Small to medium-sized building firms “on a knife-edge”

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has promised to hand out £100m to small builders (who deliver 10-100 units a year) to "recognise and support their important role in keeping the country building."

What with all that extra dust, noise and traffic, it's not hard to see why building works can often be a cause of tension between neighbours.

"There are too many levies and charges on housing," said Eric Pickles as he outlined the Government's plans to get rid of Section 106 affordable housing payments for developments of fewer than ten resi…