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Today, Building warned that the ‘government could announce a formal halt to the £55bn school building programme within weeks, amid growing pressure from contractors for clarity over the future of the scheme‘ and council fears that they are wasting time and money on schemes that will not go ahead. In response to uncertainty about the status of BSF projects, the Department for Education is expected to make an announcement either alongside or before the Budget on 22^nd June. It is anticipated that all schemes that have not reached preferred bidder stage will be put on hold, pending the outcome of a review of school building procurement which will be led by an external expert and analyse options for prioritising projects and scaling back the scheme. Frameworks are expected to be preferred over the Labour government’s LEP model.[1]

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[1] ‘Government to halt BSF projects within weeks’, Sarah Richardson in Building, 4^th June 2010, http://www.building.co.uk/5000522.article?origin=bldgweeklynewsletter