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£3.5bn additional funding welcome, but doesn’t go far enough

|Date: 11 February, 2021

£3.5bn additional funding welcome, but doesn’t go far enough

Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced an additional £3.5bn to the Building Safety Fund ...

Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced an additional £3.5bn to the Building Safety Fund, to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings 18 metres and above, as well a ...

11 February, 2021
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Innovative cladding fire detection system undergoes testing

|Date: 2 December, 2020

Innovative cladding fire detection system undergoes testing

A cladding fire detection system that could offer a lifeline to thousands affected by the UK’s cladding c ...

A cladding fire detection system that could offer a lifeline to thousands affected by the UK’s cladding crisis is undergoing a critical period of testing with one of the UK’s leading testing bodies, t ...

2 December, 2020
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Tests show sprinklers can take a minute longer to activate

|Date: 1 April, 2020

Tests show sprinklers can take a minute longer to activate

Testing undertaken by fire suppression specialist Plumis shows that sprinklers can take up to a minute lo ...

Testing undertaken by fire suppression specialist Plumis shows that sprinklers can take up to a minute longer than Automist to activate in response to certain fires. In the latest detailed analysis of ...

1 April, 2020
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FPA calls for government combustibility ban to be based on risk

|Date: 18 November, 2019

FPA calls for government combustibility ban to be based on risk

Bolton student fire — the Fire Protection Association (FPA) calls for the Government combustibility ban f ...

Bolton student fire — the Fire Protection Association (FPA) calls for the Government combustibility ban for buildings to be based upon risk, not just height. The recent ban on combustible building mat ...

18 November, 2019
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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government introduces tougher regulatory system for building safety

|Date: 19 December, 2018

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government introduces tougher regulatory system for building safety

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government James Brokenshire has announced the ...

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government James Brokenshire has announced the Government is implementing all of the Hackitt recommendations and a stronger, more effective re ...

19 December, 2018
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