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CommentWhy new safety laws could do more harm than good
As increased liability pushes insurance costs beyond reach of most firms, capacity to fix unsafe homes or build new ones will plummet
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NewsGetting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs 鈥榩ractically difficult鈥�, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack 鈥榯otal authority鈥� to force non-UK based firms to pay into 拢4bn remediation fund
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FeaturesExplainer: Gove鈥檚 threats to shut down housebuilders over building safety
Housebuilders are locked in negotiations with Michael Gove over paying another 拢4bn to repair housing blocks affected by the fire safety crisis
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NewsCivil servant鈥檚 reply to fire safety query was typically non-committal, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin had been responding to query on 鈥減oorly drafted鈥� clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsBRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group鈥檚 attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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NewsGovernment shown ACM cladding test results which 鈥榮hocked鈥� experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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NewsRegional housebuilder set for administration
Mulbury Homes understood to have appointed Kroll as firm buckles under financial troubles
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NewsGove unveils plan to give legal force to 拢4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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NewsPocket Living given thumbs up for two Old Kent Road schemes
Plans include 11-storey block designed by Hawkins\Brown
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NewsGovernment asked experts to 鈥榮tep away鈥� from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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NewsGovernment used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given 鈥榗ontractual requirement鈥櫬爐o not make any policy recommendations in response to fires
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NewsRedrow boss lays into creaking planning system
Housebuilder says system contributed to decline in completions in half year results
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NewsSenior civil servant failed to update safety guidance despite 鈥榤ajor fire鈥� warning
鈥楥onfusing鈥� building regulations not clarified after blaze issues raised in 2014 meeting
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NewsDevelopers on notice for 拢170m scheme next door to Hemel Hempstead station
Network Rail planning decade-long work under Farrells masterplan
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NewsGovernment provided building control body with a 鈥榩re-prepared script鈥� amid media scrutiny after Grenfell fire
Official wrote to the NHBC asking it to rebut claims that tower鈥檚 combustible cladding panels complied with building regulations
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NewsMPs criticise confusing plans to replace gas boilers
Public in the dark and lacking direction over heat pump policy, cross-party committee report claims聽
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News黑洞社区 control body approved combustible materials because scrutinising them was too 鈥榯ime consuming鈥�
NHBC fire engineer admits the approach was a 鈥榙angerous mistake鈥�
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NewsKingspan threatened cladding firm with legal action if it revealed results of failed fire test
Grenfell Inquiry hears the 2008 test had failed within 15 minutes with 鈥榝lames coming off the top of the test rig鈥�
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NewsGove pledges to boost transport, town centres and skills in levelling up plan
Long-awaited white paper set to detail how government plans to achieve 12 鈥榤issions鈥�
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CommentThe Leasehold Reform Bill: a misplaced eye on developers
Limiting a ground rents ban to new-builds seems oddly aimed at housebuilders, who for the most part have modified their practice on this anyway