The RIBA has issued its own manifesto ahead of the general election demanding urgent investment, leadership and new regulation from the next government.

President Alan Jones told politicians the nation was facing a state of emergency and that the delays caused by Brexit had gone on long enough.

He said: “From housing to climate change, we are in a state of emergency. The Grenfell tragedy and subsequent fires have shown that some buildings, materials, regulations and procurement methods once assumed safe simply aren’t.

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