{"id":40092,"date":"2024-06-05T17:54:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40092"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:54:30","slug":"the-time-to-act-is-now-riba-responds-to-general-election-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40092","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The time to act is now\u2019: RIBA responds to general election announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26082\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RIBA_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"55\" \/>Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s announcement of a General Election to be held on 4 July 2024 stating \u2018The time to act is now\u2019<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RIBA writes:<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on Thursday 23 May 2024, responded to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>RIBA President Muyiwa Oki said: \u2018This is a pivotal moment for our country as we move into a General Election. As our manifesto makes clear, we urgently need decisive action to deliver a built environment that meets people\u2019s needs, both now and in the future.\u00a0\u00a0 Policies that usher in the next generation of social housing and establish a National Retrofit Strategy must be at the heart of this election campaign and delivered by the next Government. The clock is ticking \u2013 the time to act is now. All political parties must set out bold and comprehensive plans to deliver a sustainable built environment, using architects\u2019 expertise, that strengthen communities and enrich people\u2019s lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/riba-responds-to-general-election-announcement-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s announcement of a General Election to be held on 4 July 2024 stating \u2018The time to act is now\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40093,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40092\/revisions\/40093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}