Government to appoint individual to oversee initial regulatory reforms ahead of policy prospectus due this autumn

The government will start the process to appoint a new chief construction advisor “shortly”, according to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

The recruitment exercise will follow public sector appointment processes and is expected to see an individual in place this year.

It will mark a return of the role to government for the first time in a decade following the decision by David Cameron’s Conservative government to abolish the post in 2015, when it was held by former Institution of Civil Engineers president Peter Hansford.

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The chief construction advisor is likely to work in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, which is headed by deputy prime minister Angela