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Grenfell Inquiry’s final report further delayed
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report into the disaster could be delayed by another six months, it has been revealed
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Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report delayed until 2024
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry will not publish its much-anticipated second and final report into the disaster until next year, it has been revealed
Grenfell tragedy: Gove admits cladding guidance was ‘faulty and ambiguous’
Housing secretary Michael Gove has become the first minister to admit the government’s building regulations were faulty and unclear before the Grenfell Tower fire
Timber handed reprieve for buildings under 18m
Structural timber has been officially permitted for use in the external walls of all buildings up to 18m following an update to Approved Document B
Scotland to ban flammable cladding on residential builds over 11m
The Scottish government is set to ban the use of combustible materials on all new residential and ‘high-risk’ buildings above 11m
Cladding advice was clear to ‘competent’ architects, government tells Grenfell inquiry
The government has told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that official guidance around the installation of non-combustible cladding was clear to ‘competent’ practitioners
Government ‘collusion’ led to combustibles loophole, Grenfell inquiry hears
The government failed to crack down on a loophole allowing hundreds of high-rises to be clad with combustible materials because it was colluding with the construction industry, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has been told
Milan mayor likens tower fire to Grenfell as questions raised over cladding
The mayor of Milan has compared a fire at a modern residential tower block to the Grenfell tragedy because of the way its external cladding burnt
Four years on from Grenfell: the cladding scandal and architects’ role in solving it
Four years after the tragic fire that killed 72 people, the UK remains in the grip of a spiralling building-safety crisis. What has it been like for the architects involved, and is the profession doing enough to help the half a million residents trapped in unsafe properties?
RIBA slams ‘shocking’ figures on schools with combustible insulation
The RIBA has called for schools to be classed as high-risk buildings after figures showed a widespread use of combustible insulation in new education buildings