Building safety regulator to take on 700 staff

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Group has been set up following 2018 Hackitt report into Grenfell fire

The new group overseeing the safety of tall residential buildings will have around 700 staff, the man in charge of it has told Building.

Peter Baker was appointed the new chief inspector of buildings earlier this year and the building safety regulator (BSR) department has already begun a recruitment drive to staff up the team

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