All Grenfell inquiry articles
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NewsRed tape cuts left officials “unable” to escalate fire safety warnings in years before Grenfell, government admits
But housing department lawyer tells inquiry that “competent professionals” would not have signed off dangerous materials
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Opinion
Brace yourselves for the next wave of fire and safety regulation
Several new pieces of legislation are coming in response to Grenfell and many architects are having to run to catch up, writes Andrew Mellor
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Features
Decay, delay and deregulation: what we have learnt 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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News
Former housing secretary denies being ‘spectacularly out of touch’ with own department
Eric Pickles gets number of victims wrong in tense exchanges with Grenfell QC
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News
Former housing minister complains about being questioned at Grenfell Inquiry as he had ‘busy day’ planned
Eric Pickles told QC this morning to ‘use your time wisely’ as he had a ’number of international guests coming in to see me’
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News
Former housing minister denies fire safety review was delayed by red tape cuts
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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Government had ‘completely false picture’ of fire safety before Grenfell fire, former housing minister admits
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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News
Former building regulations minister had never heard of flawed fire rating
Stephen Williams says he only learned of outdated Class 0 rating at yesterday’s hearing of Grenfell Inquiry
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News
Former minister denies deregulation was ‘principal objective’ of building regulations review before Grenfell fire
James Wharton could not explain to inquiry why a presentation on the review appeared to prioritise cutting red tape over life safety
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News
Grenfell Inquiry: Former housing minister denies ‘aversion’ to regulation on fire safety
Brandon Lewis is the first government minister to provide evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry
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News
Grenfell Inquiry: Fatal 2009 cladding fire not ‘severe’ enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, hearing told
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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News
Grenfell Inquiry: senior civil servant ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action on ACM
Brian Martin admits he missed opportunities to prevent major cladding fire
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Civil servant knew there was a ‘clear risk’ of a 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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News
Grenfell Inquiry: senior civil servant ‘forgot’ to clarify ambiguous fire safety guidance
Brian Martin also admitted he ‘completely underestimated’ hazard posed by deadly ACM panels
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Grenfell Inquiry: Official admits ambiguous building regs guidance ‘didn’t work’
Civil servant acknowledges failings with appoach of leaving designers and building-control bodies to figure out rules for themselves
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News
Disastrous ACM cladding test failure was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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‘Inappropriate’ fire ratings for cladding not questioned by senior official before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
’Class 0’ rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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Government officials ‘did not heed’ coroner advice after fatal Lakanal House fire
Former head of communities department tells Grenfell Tower inquiry officials were ’dismissive’ of recommendations made after earlier blaze
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Grenfell Inquiry: Officials ‘didn’t understand the risk’ of fire safety decisions
Staff ”lost sight” of important issues during deregulation drive, DCLG fire safety policy lead admits
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Former senior civil servant’s ‘deep regret’ that building regulations were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels ‘should have been gripped better’
