Spotlight: Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet, Water UK warnings & NPFF refmorm returns to the agenda

ENERGY

✒ New PM cuts tax on household electricity bills to give breathing space on cost of living | Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP

📰 Burnham names Miatta Fahnbulleh as next UK energy secretary | Energy Voice

📰 Burnham announces £850m tax cut on energy bills but faces questions over funding | The Independent

✒ Plans to repower iconic Whitelee - the UK’s largest onshore windfarm | Scottish Power

📰 Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show | The Guardian

🗣 Why has Labour briefed against Ed Miliband – is it his success and popularity? The Guardian

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INFRASTRUCTURE

✒Data Centres’ Water Use | Written submission from Water UK (DCU0037) in response to the Environmental Audit Committee call for evidence 02.04.26

📰 Water UK warns water shortages could stall delivery of more than one million homes | Water Magazine

📰 Water planning 'out of step' with Government growth agenda, warns Water UK | Envirotec

📰 Heidi Alexander retains transport secretary role in new PM’s cabinet | Travel Weekly

📰 Jonathan Reynolds returns as business secretary | Business Matters

📰 Burnham caps most bus fares in England at £2 but pulls back from possible income tax cut | BBC News

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DEVELOPMENT

🗣 National Planning Policy Framework | Westminster Hall debates 16 Jul 2026

📰 Rayner returns as housing secretary and Pennycook keeps brief | Inside Housing

📰 New draft London Plan welcomed despite capital's bleak 'economic realities' | Property Week

📰 Housebuilders’ profit warnings hit 2008 levels | Construction News

📰 Southeast office rents climb as grade-A shortage deepens | Estates Gazette

📰 Segro rejects third Prologis bid of $18.2 bn | Reuters

📰 Multifamily BTR investment doubles to 1.8bn in Q2 2026 | CBRE