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CPA Policy
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The CPA’s policy and lobbying work covers a wide range of areas and issues which impact both on the day-to-day operations of our members, as well as policies with a longer-term impact.
Working with partners and stakeholders from across construction, the CPA’s role is to ensure the government of the day creates and fosters the pro-business environment needed to grow the plant-hire sector and cement its place at the very heart of the UK’s construction eco-system.
From submissions to government consultations, highlighting ongoing issues in the sector, to membership of working groups, and advocacy for our members, find out more about the CPA’s policy work and how to get involved.
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Policy news and updates.
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CPA Chief Executive Officer Steve Mulholland is quoted in today’s Daily Mirror, in an article that calls on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to...
Over the weekend CPA CEO Steve Mulholland joined Sam Francis and Dawn Neesom on GB News Breakfast, and Peter Cardwell on TalkTV, to discuss this...
CPA CEO Steve Mulholland joins Felix Armstrong on City AM’s ‘Business as Usual’ podcast to talk about the challenges of delivering the 1.5 million...
Last night, Construction Plant-hire Association CEO Steve Mulholland joined Peter Cardwell on TalkTV to discuss Andy Burnham's plans to tackle the...
Following a roundtable discussion of industry leaders organised by the French Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Société Générale at its office in...
The Sunday Telegraph has highlighted findings from the latest CPA member survey. If we want more apprentices to stay in construction, we need to...
Documents
CPA Policy Document Library .
| Image | Title | Summary | Categories | Link | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags | hf:file_type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Policy Briefing: Full expensing and the plant-hire industry | The CPA has updated its Policy Briefing on Full Expensing, highlighting the need for the government to set out in full, the timetable it will follow in order to extend the allowance to the plant-hire industry. | Policy | policy | |||
 | Consultation Response: Proposed Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework – March 2026 | The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) outlines key concerns and recommendations on proposed NPPF reforms, emphasizing the need for cross-government collaboration, better resourcing of planning departments, realistic climate policies, and a standardized framework to accelerate housing delivery and economic growth in the UK construction sector. | Policy | policy | |||
| CPA Responds to Single Construction Regulator Consultation | The CPA has responded to the government’s consultation on proposals for the creation of a single regulator in construction. Our response highlights the need for a targeted approach towards safety risks, proper resourcing for the regulator to adequately meet its sims, a clear allocation of responsibility in the supply chain with efforts to reduce duplication of effort, and encouraging cultural change at the top of the supply chain – in the right areas. | Policy | policy | |||
 | CPA TCIG 2602 – Guidance on the Tendering, Management and Operation of Tower Cranes | This guidance suggests minimum standards to be followed when tendering, managing and operating tower cranes. It covers legal requirements and industry good practice and illustrates where employing organisations should consider a level of assistance required from a tower crane supplier, whilst indicating that tower crane suppliers should undertake an audit of their crane fleet and operational procedures to identify areas of strength and items where improvements can be made. It aims to raise standards and encourage sourcing from responsible tower crane suppliers. | Policy, Tower Crane Interest Group | policy tower-crane-interest-group special-interest-groups | |||
 | Half-Built Britain – Unlocking the Nation’s Infrastructure Growth Plans | Half-built Britain: unlocking the nation’s infrastructure growth plans written for the Construction Plant-hire Association investigates how these plans will translate into action on the ground through the lens of three major policy releases over the summer of 2025—the Comprehensive Spending Review, Industrial Strategy, and National Infrastructure Strategy. | Policy | policy | |||
| Construction Plant-hire Association submission to HM Treasury | Policy | policy | ||||
| CPA EI Report | Policy | policy | ||||
| House of Lords BPR Consultation – Oct 2025 | Policy | policy | ||||
| CPA Briefing Policy – BPR Updated June 2025_1 | Policy | policy | ||||
| CPA BRIEFING NOTE – BUILDING FOR GROWTH | Policy | policy | ||||
| CPA – Plant-hire Distinguished from Lease | Policy | policy |
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