Government official apologises for ‘muddled’ wording in fire safety guidance
By Tom Lowe2022-03-02T11:11:00
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding ‘should have been better’
A former government official responsible for fire safety regulations has apologised for the ambiguous wording of guidance on cladding, telling the Grenfell Inquiry that it “should have been better”.
Anthony Burd, building safety lead under the Tony Blair administration, said that officials should have provided more clarity on the exact meaning of a revision to building safety guidance which created widespread confusion in the construction industry in the years leading up to the Grenfell fire.
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