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PLANNING
Queen's Speech: New law to 'modernise' planning system
By Laura Sharman | 11 May 2021
The Government has pledged to push ahead with reforms to the planning system in order to meet hou...
WHITEHALL
Government criticised over dragging feet on cladding after new fire
By Dan Peters | 10 May 2021
The Government has been accused of failing to force developers to take action after a fire broke ...
WHITEHALL
LGA removes criticised fire safety guidance from website
By Dan Peters | 04 May 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) finally removed fire safety guidance hosted on its website...
BUSINESS
Grenfell director dismissed while on sick leave, tribunal hears
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2021
A council director who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after working on the G...
WHITEHALL
LGA distances itself from fire safety guide
By Dan Peters | 13 April 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has distanced itself from guidance hosted on its website t...
FIRE SAFETY
Grenfell council apologises over monitoring failings
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2021
Kensington & Chelsea LBC has apologised for failings in its monitoring of the organisation that m...
LEGAL
Council officer 'misled' over Grenfell insulation
By Martin Ford | 08 March 2021
A building control officer has told the Grenfell Inquiry he was ‘misled’ into certifying insulati...
HOUSING
An inflammatory situation
By Sir Bob Neill | 03 March 2021
While fixing the cladding scandal may be a bitter pill for ministers to swallow, by not addressin...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Labour call for national cladding taskforce
By Martin Ford | 01 February 2021
Keir Starmer has called on the Government to ‘establish the full extent’ of the problem and prior...
HOUSING
Unearthing the success of heat pumps for high rise blocks
By Tim Wood, Head of Sustainability at ENGIE UK | 20 January 2021
The safety and efficiency of tower blocks has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Tim Wo...
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