Government announces extra £21.1m for alarm systems and extends Waking Watch Replacement Fund

By Daniel Gayne2025-04-14T09:25:00

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Use of costly waking watch schemes has been widespread since Grenfell

The government has announced that the Waking Watch Replacement Fund 2023 will be extended to next March.

Up to £21.1m in additional funds will be released as part of the extension, to be spent on installation of a common alarm system to replace waking watches in all residential buildings where they are currently in place.

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