Fire

In an exclusive interview, Sarah Newton, new chair of the UK Health and Safety Executive, explains how she intends to drive safety forward.

The draft Building Safety Bill has come back from consultation. Out of the ashes of the Grenfell Tower fire, hopes are high that the bill will make at-risk homes in the UK safer.

There will be a new culture of accountability brought in by the Building Safety Regulator, Dame Judith Hackitt told MPs last week.

Govt pledges “momentum” on Grenfell reforms after Labour deplores delay.

The draft Building Safety Bill, published earlier this week, creates a stringent new safety regime for higher risk residential buildings (HRRBs), backed by a powerful new Building Safety Regulator.

Registrations are now being taken for the Building Safety Fund, the £1billion pot of money pledged by the government in the March Budget announcement.

As we approach the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, officials have confirmed the second phase of the inquiry will begin on 6 July

New legislation will amend the Fire Safety Order 2005 and ‘prevent another Grenfell’

The director of a scrap tyre yard has been handed a suspended prison sentence for a series of fire safety offences after an emergency fire door was nailed shut in a building where workers were living.

The first report by the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has highlighted ‘serious shortcomings’ in the London fire service’s preparedness for and response to the fire.