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Post-Grenfell safety regulator to be run solely by HSE

By 2020-01-24T07:00:00

Judith Hackitt - committee 29-01-2019

New body was originally expected to include local authorities, fire and rescue services

The government’s new building safety regulator is to be entirely run by the Health and Safety Executive, it has emerged.

Previous plans suggested that it would be overseen jointly by the HSE and local authority building control with fire and rescue services.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick announced on Monday that work to set up the regulator would begin immediately, with the body expected to be up and running in shadow form within weeks.

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