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好色先生TVLead fire safety official described ACM panels as going 鈥榳hoosh!鈥� when ignited, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Email sent by Brian Martin 18 months before Grenfell fire
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好色先生TV鈥婫overnment 鈥榮queezed鈥� resources of building safety review after cladding fire, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Team working on changes to fire safety rules were working on a 鈥榣ess than bare bones鈥� capacity, senior official says
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好色先生TVGovernment shares moral responsibility for fire safety clean-up, says Taylor Wimpey boss
Pete Redfern claims Grenfell Inquiry proceedings reveal role of government as negotiations with housebuilders over 拢4bn cladding bill continue
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好色先生TVDeregulation drive slowed down review of fire safety guidance, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials expanded review into wider look at building regulation because of requirement to remove more rules than were added
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好色先生TVGovernment considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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好色先生TVPersimmon boss expects housebuilders will have to pay safety levy
Dean Finch says new charge most likely outcome of negotiations with government over cladding costs
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好色先生TVGovernment official apologises for 鈥榤uddled鈥� wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding 鈥榮hould have been better鈥�
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好色先生TVVistry profit trebles boosted by private completions and mixed-tenure sales
Housebuilder 鈥榝irmly on track鈥� to generate 拢1bn in partnerships revenue in 2022
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好色先生TVSmaller housing firms say carbon proposals will 鈥榖reak鈥� them
Authors of Part Z amendments to building regulations told changes will hit SMEs hardest
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好色先生TV鈥婼enior official denies government 鈥榗overed up鈥� cladding dangers
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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好色先生TVBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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好色先生TVBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house鈥檚 former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a聽鈥榳eakness鈥�
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好色先生TVGovernment published 鈥榗onfusing鈥� fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards聽
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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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好色先生TVGetting 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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好色先生TVCivil 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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好色先生TVBRE 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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好色先生TVGovernment 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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好色先生TVRegional housebuilder set for administration
Mulbury Homes understood to have appointed Kroll as firm buckles under financial troubles