All Grenfell Inquiry articles
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NewsGrenfell Tower final report delayed for the third time
The report will not be published before the seventh anniversary of the fire, as originally hoped
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry report delayed until the middle of next year
Phase-two findings may not be published before seventh anniversary of tower-block disaster
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NewsRegulator of Social Housing proposes doubling fees for housing associations
The English regulator of social housing is consulting on plans to nearly double regulatory fees for housing associations and plans to charge councils for social homes for the first time. The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) is asking for feedback on what it describes as the biggest change to social ...
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NewsUp to 125,000 planned London homes face major delays due to two staircase rule
Analysis by LSH and Connells says fire safety rules for high-rises could ’completely mothball’ 243 building schemes
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Barrister closes hearings with attack on ‘buck-passing’ firms
Final day of inquiry sessions after four years of hearings
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Celotex says ‘misdescribed’ test result had no bearing on use of its product
Insulation manufacturer says its description of its insulation product did not affect the way tower was specifed
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: cladding manufacturer Arconic hits back at criticism
Firm hits back at suggestions that its British Board of Agrement certificate for its ACM panels was misleading
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NewsGrenfell survivors’ lawyer describes ‘rogues gallery’ of firms accountable for fire
Closing statements to inquiry continue throughout this week.
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NewsGovernment admits deregulation drive stopped officials raising fire safety warnings prior to Grenfell
But housing department lawyer tells Grenfell Inquiry that “competent” industry professionals would not have signed off flammable cladding systems
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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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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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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
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NewsFormer minister denies deregulation was prioritised over life safety before Grenfell
James Wharton tells inquiry he thought regulations had been “fit for purpose and working well”
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NewsLakanal House fire ‘not severe’ enough to prompt cladding investigation, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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NewsSenior civil servant admits missing opportunities to address risks of ACM cladding
Brian Martin told Grenfell Inquiry he “struggles to understand” why he did not take action on preventing a major cladding fire
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NewsOfficial knew there was ‘clear risk’ of major ACM fire three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead ‘lulled’ him into false sense of security
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NewsGrenfell inquiry: Senior civil servant admits underestimating ACM cladding danger
Brian Martin “forgot” to clarify that ACM cladding was not permitted.
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NewsOfficial admits to Grenfell Inquiry that ambiguous building regs guidance ‘didn’t work’
Former civil servant in charge of the rules says industry had been expected to work out what fire safety guidance meant
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NewsDisastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”