Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe Government has finally committed to delivering on long-delayed promises to improve building safety after the Grenfell fire. Ministers have been under pressure to force building owners and managers to share information with local fire services as suggested by the first phase of the Inquiry. Tory minister Stephen Greenhalgh announced the U-turn on the fire safety plans in the House of Lords. Labour ’s housing spokesperson in the Lords, Roy Kennedy, who tabled the successful amendment, told The Mirror: “I am delighted that the Government is finally looking to act on the phase one Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report. Building owners will also have to get expert fire risk assessments, under changes to the Building Safety Bill.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2021 13:30 UTC