February 22, 2022
Michael Gove has announced that strict new measures will be enforced to ensure industry pay to remove dangerous cladding. Read More
February 9, 2022
A plant hire company has been fined for leaving workers at risk of a fall from height and failing to provide minimum welfare facilities. Read More
January 31, 2022
Designed to 'remove' or 'reduce' the need for interim safety measures at high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding, an additional £27 million has been made available by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Read More
January 12, 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, is putting pressure on developers in the construction industry to pay to fix the cladding crises that “they caused”. Read More
December 14, 2021
Consecutive governments have been accused of “deliberately covering up” the dangers posed to combustible materials before the Grenfell Tower fire. Read More
December 8, 2021
Safety expert, Dr Jonathan Evans, is demanding ministers disclose whether ‘highly dangerous’ cladding that failed fire tests commissioned by the Government in 2002, was used at Grenfell Tower. Read More
November 10, 2021
Safety advice released in the wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire that has stood since January 2020, and has led to hundreds of low-rise buildings being deemed unsafe, is to be withdrawn by Christmas according to Michael Gove. Read More
October 15, 2021
Urgent action has been called for by the London Fire Commissioner after the number of apartment blocks in London deemed unsafe exceeds 1,000. Read More
August 4, 2021
The Government has released interim figures on the number of successful applications for funding of fire detection and alarm systems under its Waking Watch Relief Fund. Read More
July 26, 2021
Following new advice from fire safety experts commissioned by the Secretary of State earlier this year, the Government has set out that EWS1 (External Wall System) Forms should no longer be requested for buildings below 18m. Read More