All fire safety articles 鈥� Page 2
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精东影视鈥楾oo many unknowns鈥� to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms鈥櫬犫�榗onnectivity鈥� to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary鈥檚 anger at sector鈥檚 response to cladding pledge
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精东影视Gove promises 鈥榬eputational consequences鈥� for products firms after cladding talks break down
Housing secretary said he would do 鈥渨hatever it takes鈥� to hold firms to account for the building safety crisis
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精东影视Pickles denies being 鈥榮pectacularly out of touch鈥� with own department on building regulations
Former housing minister gets number of victims wrong in tense exchanges with Grenfell QC
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精东影视Pickles complains about being questioned at Grenfell Inquiry as he had 鈥榖usy day鈥� planned
Former housing minister told QC this morning to 鈥榰se your time wisely鈥� as he had a 鈥檔umber of international guests coming in to see me鈥�
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精东影视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 鈥渓udicrous鈥�
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精东影视Government had 鈥榗ompletely false picture鈥� of fire safety before Grenfell fire, former housing minister admits
Gavin Barwell says there was a 鈥渃lear presumption鈥� that review of building regulations was not life critical
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精东影视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鈥檚 hearing of Grenfell Inquiry
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精东影视Former minister denies deregulation was prioritised over life safety before Grenfell fire
James Wharton tells inquiry he thought regulations had been 鈥渇it for purpose and working well鈥�
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精东影视Former housing minister denies 鈥榓version鈥� to regulation on fire safety
Brandon Lewis is the first government minister to provide evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry聽
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精东影视鈥婩atal 2009 cladding fire not 鈥榮evere鈥� enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admits being 鈥榟orrified鈥櫬燽y senior building control officer鈥檚 misunderstanding of fire safety guidance聽
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精东影视Senior civil servant admits missing opportunities to address risks of ACM cladding
Brian Martin tells Grenfell Inquiry he聽鈥榮truggles to understand鈥櫬爓hy he did not take action
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精东影视Civil servant knew there was a 鈥榗lear risk鈥� of a major ACM fire three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead 鈥榣ulled鈥� him into false sense of security
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精东影视Senior civil servant 鈥榝orgot鈥� to clarify ambiguous fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admitted he 鈥榗ompletely underestimated鈥櫬爃azard posed by deadly ACM panels
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精东影视鈥婸eople expected to 鈥榳ork out for themselves鈥� what fire regs meant, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former civil servant in charge of the rules admits it was 鈥渆vident鈥� the approach had not worked
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精东影视Disastrous test failure on ACM cladding was 鈥榝orgotten鈥�, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests 鈥渏ust got missed鈥�
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精东影视Senior official had not questioned 鈥榠nappropriate鈥� fire ratings for cladding before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
鈥機lass 0鈥� rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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精东影视Officials 鈥榙idn鈥檛 understand the risk鈥� of fire safety decisions, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials 鈥檒ost sight鈥� of important issues during deregulation drive, fire safety policy lead admits
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精东影视Government official 鈥榩arroted鈥� industry protests on accreditation scheme for fire risk assessors
Grenfell Inquiry hears that official did 鈥渘othing鈥� to scrutinise claims by businesses that scheme would be too costly
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精东影视Government guidance for fire risk assessors 鈥榖eyond a joke鈥�, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Hearing told that there had been a 鈥渂ackground of complacency鈥� on fire safety in the government in years before 2017 blaze
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精东影视Former senior civil servant鈥檚 鈥榙eep regret鈥� building regs were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels 鈥榮hould have been gripped better鈥�