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Government to announce new Building Safety Bill today

By 2020-07-20T09:18:00

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New laws will see biggest overhaul in bulding regulations for 40 years

New laws announcing the biggest overhaul in building safety regulations for nearly 40 years will be announced by the government today.

The Building Safety Bill has been designed to prevent a disaster like the 2017 Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people, from ever happening again.

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