All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 43
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Decay, delay and deregulation: what we have learnt from the Grenfell Inquiry
Senior government figures had to explain why calls to amend the building regulations to clarify fire safety risk went unheeded
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In Pictures: Amanda Levete’s firm picked to design Belgrade concert hall
London-based practice wins international competition to design Serbia’s largest cultural project
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‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge
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Gove promises ‘reputational consequences’ for products firms after cladding talks break down
Housing secretary said he would do “whatever it takes” to hold firms to account for the building safety crisis
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HS2 unveils final designs for Moxon’s Thame Valley viaduct
All major elements of 880m-long bridge to be manufactured offsite
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RSHP lodges plans for British Library extension
Project team includes developer Stanhope and engineer Arup
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High Court quashes Adjaye’s £100m holocaust memorial plans
Proposals ruled to be in breach of a 1900 legal act protecting listed Victoria Tower Gardens
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Pickles denies being ‘spectacularly out of touch’ with own department on building regulations
Former housing minister gets number of victims wrong in tense exchanges with Grenfell QC
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RSHP wins competition for Lithuania office scheme
ɫTV to act as link between capital Vilnius’s old town and business district
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Council holds off making decision on adding more storeys to Docklands tower
Developer had aimed to “retrofit” the building’s waste management methods from existing tower, council told
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Pickles complains about being questioned at Grenfell Inquiry as he had ‘busy day’ planned
Former housing minister told QC this morning to ‘use your time wisely’ as he had a ’number of international guests coming in to see me’
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Fire safety review before Grenfell not delayed by deregulation, Eric Pickles tells inquiry
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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Government had ‘completely false picture’ of fire safety before Grenfell fire, former housing minister admits
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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Former minister in charge of building regulations had never heard of flawed fire rating
Stephen Williams says he only learned of banned Class 0 rating at yesterday’s hearing of Grenfell Inquiry
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COP26 optimism was ‘naive’, UN chief says
Antonio Guterres blasts governments and business leaders for ‘lying’ about their efforts to cut carbon emissions
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Former minister denies deregulation was prioritised over life safety before Grenfell fire
James Wharton tells inquiry he thought regulations had been “fit for purpose and working well”
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Former housing minister denies ‘aversion’ to regulation on fire safety
Brandon Lewis is the first government minister to provide evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry
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Fatal 2009 cladding fire not ‘severe’ enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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Green light for Make’s controversial £400m South Bank scheme
Huge complex on site of ITV’s former London Studios cleared by Lambeth council following tense three-hour debate
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Senior civil servant admits missing opportunities to address risks of ACM cladding
Brian Martin tells Grenfell Inquiry he ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action