All fire safety articles – Page 4
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NewsUse of EWS1 forms still increasing, official data shows
Fire safety assessments being used more often despite being ’scrapped’ by the government last summer
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NewsGovernment forced to publish data behind £4bn fire safety repair bill claim
Claim based on desk-based survey of 2,856 buildings, with a quarter of bill to remediate social housing sector homes
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NewsGovernment will ask smaller housebuilders to sign cladding pledge
Levelling Up department confirms it will be looking at approaching smaller house builders in a “targeted way”
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NewsBarratt boss rounds on Gove over £3bn levy plan
David Thomas brands cladding levy unfair, unjust and disproportionate
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NewsTelford Homes signs government cladding pledge
London-based Telford Homes becomes the 39th developer to sign the letter committing to remediating its blocks above 11m
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NewsProducts firms refusing to back down over demand to pay cladding bill, CPA says
Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved
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NewsBuilding Safety Bill ‘to become law tomorrow’
Minister for building safety Stephen Greenhalgh tweets that mammoth legislation in line for Royal Assent
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NewsPersimmon calls for £3bn levy to take account of contributions already made
Housebuilder pledges to work with government to ensure controversial £3bn levy is ‘fair’
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NewsGalliard Homes signs cladding pledge
Developer Galliard Homes commits to remediating its own tower blocks between 11m and 18m
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NewsUPDATED: full list of developers to have signed the cladding pledge
A total of 47 developers have so far signed the government’s demand they commit to remediating buildings between 11m and 18m and one has signalled an intent to do so.
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NewsInland Homes becomes latest housebuilder to sign the cladding pledge
Brownfield regeneration specialist promises becomes 36th developer to back deal
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NewsBuilding safety pledge and levy will cover ‘non-cladding’ issues, government confirms
DLUHC confirms all ‘life-critical’ fire safety issues can be fixed using the funds raised
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In FocusDecay, delay and deregulation: takeaways from the Grenfell Inquiry
Senior government figures had to explain why calls to amend the building regulations to clarify fire safety risk went unheeded
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NewsHousebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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News‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge
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NewsFire safety review not delayed by deregulation drive, Eric Pickles tells Grenfell inquiry
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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NewsFormer minister says government had ‘completely false’ idea of fire safety before Grenfell
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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NewsBerkeley and Taylor Wimpey latest to sign developer cladding pledge
Berkeley and Taylor Wimpey have become the latest firms to answer the government’s call for housebuilders to repair blocks going back 30 years.
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NewsPersimmon signs up to Gove cladding deal
Firm confirms ’developer pledge’ will see housebuilders repair blocks going back 30 years, as revealed by Housing Today
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NewsFormer minister in charge of building regulations had never heard of flawed fire rating
Stephen Williams says he only learned of banned Class 0 rating at yesterday’s hearing of Grenfell Inquiry