Government concedes building safety reform ‘will take time’

By Jordan Marshall2019-10-22T05:00:00

Government responds to housing committee report

The government has rejected calls from MPs to fast track building safety reforms saying the scale of the changes required demands more time.

In July MPs on the housing select committee criticised the government’s approach to improving safety since the Grenfell fire in 2017, saying: “The government must pick up the pace of reform, before it is too late.”

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