News – Page 21
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Pupils could return to Grenfell school in September
Governors, staff, pupils and experts to be canvassed over a possible return to the building that sits at the foot of the tower block
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Government launches consultation on combustible cladding
The consultation will run until 14 August
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Labour MP's bill would force contractors to reveal public sector contract details
Andy Slaughter is due to give a second reading of his Freedom of Information (Extension) Bill today
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Fear of liability is ‘slowing’ regs revision, says MP
Housing committee chair says government may need to find more than the promised £400m to reclad homes
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Combustible cladding ban consultation to start next week
Housing secretary James Brokenshire confirmed details to MPs yesterday
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Hackitt could prompt new site safety role
Rise of so-called ‘reassurance roles’ predicted following last month’s report
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Grenfell was not designed to provide a safe escape route, say fire services
Counsel for Fire Officers Association suggests staircase was not designed to be safe in a fire
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Construction firms lambasted for “inhumane” silence at Grenfell Inquiry
Counsel for the victims calls out suppliers for failure to comment
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Grenfell inquiry: supplier says cladding combustibility was 'obvious'
Arconic Architectural Products’ opening statement says it was ’responsibility of others’ to use product or not
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Grenfell refurbishment firms submit opening statements to public inquiry
CEP Architectural Facades and Rydon Maintenance say role in inquiry’s first phase will be limited
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Cladding failed to comply with regs, says Grenfell fire expert
Barbara Lane’s submission to public inquiry says no one had carried out fire performance test on cladding
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Willmott Dixon hails decision to concentrate on construction after profit heads north
Firm turns in improved figure on turnover up to £1.3bn
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Grenfell inquiry hears residents should have been told to leave 45 minutes after fire broke out
Combustibility of the external cladding meant building was completely compromised within an hour
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Celotex denies Panorama's cladding claims
Insulation manufacturer says it is investigating programme’s retardant allegations “as a matter of urgency”
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Combustible cladding removal cash to come from affordable housing fund
Affordable housing pushed back by a year to fund £400m cladding removal programme
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Theresa May backs ban on combustible cladding
Prime Minister says consultation is a legal obligation
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Private approved inspectors ‘insulted’ by Hackitt report
Inspectors offended by recommendation in report that they be excluded from high-rise residential
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Housing secretary says government coming round to cladding ban
James Brokenshire tells MPs government is “minded to agree” with arguments to outlaw combustible cladding
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Hackitt calls for manufacturers to be banned from testing own products
Final report also calls for an increase in the frequency of testing
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Consultation on combustible cladding a start but ban needed now, says RIBA president
Ben Derbyshire says government consultation simply delays a ban which should happen now