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Further votes expected on Fire Safety Bill while consultation on code of practice for cladding assessors launched
Rebel MPs are today expected to make another attempt to force the government to exempt leaseholders from bearing any of the cost of fire safety repairs to the external walls of their homes.
The move is the latest in an ongoing saga over the Fire Safety Bill, which is designed to ensure that building owners are responsible for fire safety on the external walls of buildings, but which critics say will immediately make leaseholders liable for repair bills of thousands of pounds.
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