Fire safety review before Grenfell not delayed by deregulation, Eric Pickles tells inquiry

By Tom Lowe2022-04-07T10:41:00

Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”

Claims made by government officials that a drive for deregulation restricted efforts to toughen up fire safety guidance are “ludicrous”, former housing secretary Eric Pickles has told the Grenfell Inquiry.

Several former officials at the Department for Communities and Local Government have told the inquiry in recent weeks that a policy of cutting red tape introduced under David Cameron had made it harder to amend building regulations in the years leading up to the Grenfell Tower fire.

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