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Seeking Safety for the Most Vulnerable – Escalating Action Against E-Bike Battery Fires Partner content
Health
By Electrical Safety First
Seeking Safety for the Most Vulnerable – Escalating Action Against E-Bike Battery Fires
The media increasingly reports lithium-ion battery fires and their devastating consequences. Here, Wayne Mackay, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, at leading charity, Electrical Safety First, explains why legislation to address them is desperately needed - particularly for the protection of vulnerable and marginalised groups - and why the issue is now being taken forward by Yvonne Fovargue MP.
Charity Seeks MP Support to Fight Deadly E-Bike Fires Partner content
Health
By Electrical Safety First
Charity Seeks MP Support to Fight Deadly E-Bike Fires
With the ballot for Private Members Bills taking place in Parliament this week, Electrical Safety First explains how their draft Bill can save lives - by reducing the growing number of extreme fires caused by lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB Reaction to Government’s Developer Remediation Contract announcement
Eddie Tuttle, director of policy, external affairs and research at the Chartered Institute of Building, said:
What You Need To Know About Michael Gove's Post-Grenfell Cladding Crackdown
Communities
What You Need To Know About Michael Gove's Post-Grenfell Cladding Crackdown
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has announced tough new plans to hold developers responsible for funding repair works to buildings with fire safety issues, and warned those who fail to comply could be blacklisted from the market.
Think About the Future: How Aico is Working to Build the Next Generation of Housing Professionals whilst hitting net zero goals Partner content
Health
By Aico
Think About the Future: How Aico is Working to Build the Next Generation of Housing Professionals whilst hitting net zero goals
Building the homes that the nation needs and retrofitting existing stock to support the net zero transition are enormous national challenges. They will demand commitment, investment and action from government, housebuilders, and repairs and maintenance professionals across the UK. It will also require a workforce with the skills required to take part in a rapidly changing sector.
Why electrical safety must be put at the heart of building safety Partner content
Energy
By Electrical Safety First
Why electrical safety must be put at the heart of building safety
With the Building Safety Bill progressing through the Lords, Peers have the power to help avoid another tower block tragedy by enforcing electrical safety checks for social tenants and leaseholders in England.
Excl: Sadiq Khan Launches Urgent Review Of 'Homes For Londoners' Listings After Promoting Properties With Unsafe Cladding
Communities
Excl: Sadiq Khan Launches Urgent Review Of 'Homes For Londoners' Listings After Promoting Properties With Unsafe Cladding
The London Mayor has ordered a full review of the affordable homes scheme after PoliticsHome identified multiple properties with cladding and fire safety problems.
Building Safety Bill must not leave behind leaseholders saddled with ruinous remediation costs
Communities
By Royston Smith MP
Building Safety Bill must not leave behind leaseholders saddled with ruinous remediation costs
The Building Safety Bill will be a great opportunity for the government to commit to helping leaseholders whose homes are deemed not safe through no fault of their own.
Government must advance social housing to prevent yet another Grenfell disaster
Communities
By Bob Blackman MP
Government must advance social housing to prevent yet another Grenfell disaster
The social housing white paper provides a unique opportunity to implement a fundamental shift in the treatment of social housing tenants and fully address the full scale of the building safety crisis.
Fire at New Providence Wharf: an eyewitness account
Communities
By Lauren Doyle
Fire at New Providence Wharf: an eyewitness account
As I write, I don’t know the wellbeing of my neighbours, the damage done to my belongings or when I will be able to access my home.
Fire Safety Bill will see leaseholders go bankrupt from huge remediation costs
Communities
By Stephen McPartland MP
Fire Safety Bill will see leaseholders go bankrupt from huge remediation costs
Whatever shameless spin is placed on this, the bottom line is simple - the Fire Safety Bill transfers liability to leaseholders making them legally and financially liable for huge remediation costs.
GGF Chairpersons’ Forum demonstrates great progress Partner content
Economy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
GGF Chairpersons’ Forum demonstrates great progress
The annual GGF Chairpersons’ Forum took place via video conference on 18th March, with all the GGF’s technical groups, committees, regions and countries represented by 33 Members as chairs, vice-chairs or as nominated representatives.
The government must step in to help leaseholders still burdened with fire safety costs
Communities
By Lord Bishop of St Albans and Lord Bishop of London
The government must step in to help leaseholders still burdened with fire safety costs
We are re-tabling the McPartland-Smith amendment to the Fire Safety Bill. Leaseholders should not be bankrupted on account of decisions made by others, and since they cannot pay, then the government must step in.
No leaseholder should pay for interim fire safety measures
Communities
By Florence Eshalomi MP
No leaseholder should pay for interim fire safety measures
Leaseholders did not cause the cladding scandal, and yet they are paying the price while those responsible are not pursued in any meaningful way.
The government has failed to tackle the cladding crisis at every stage – it’s time to fix their broken promises
Communities
By Sarah Jones MP
The government has failed to tackle the cladding crisis at every stage – it’s time to fix their broken promises
Government must do the right thing for the victims and survivors of Grenfell and their families, as well as ensuring leaseholders are not left to foot the bill of fire safety remediation costs.
Partner content
Economy
By Glass and Glazing Federation
Laminated Glass Ban Webinar Engages GGF Members
Fire safety in buildings is of paramount importance to the GGF, but a fair and reasonable approach should be adopted
Government action must go further to prevent remedial cladding costs being passed to leaseholders
Communities
By Royston Smith MP
Government action must go further to prevent remedial cladding costs being passed to leaseholders
It is not fair to ask leaseholders to keep pouring their money into a bottomless pit for being sold unsafe homes. The McPartland-Smith amendments to the Fire Safety Bill will bring an end to this nightmare.
The Fire Safety Bill must ensure leaseholders are protected from paying for safety failings
Communities
By Hilary Benn MP
The Fire Safety Bill must ensure leaseholders are protected from paying for safety failings
This is a story of monumental regulatory failure - of flats being built as cheaply as possible, in many cases without even complying with the building regulations.
Government cannot continue with 'sticking plaster solutions' to meet fire safety standards
Communities
By Royston Smith MP and Stephen McPartland MP
Government cannot continue with 'sticking plaster solutions' to meet fire safety standards
It is astonishing that leaseholders have been left to cover 100% of the costs to make buildings safe. This should be the government's responsibility.
Putting safety at the heart of all construction projects Partner content
Economy
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Putting safety at the heart of all construction projects
At the IET, we believe fire and building safety is at the heart of all construction projects. People’s lives depend on getting this right and we are keen to work with Parliament to do so.
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Economy
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET comment on the HCLG Committee Report: Pre-legislative scrutiny
In response to the HCLG report relating to its Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Building Safety Bill, Michelle Richmond MBE CEng FIET, IET Director of Membership and Professional Development, said:
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB reaction to HCLG report on pre-legislative scrutiny of Building Safety Bill
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has responded to the Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee’s (HCLG) report released today (24 November 2020) on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill.
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Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Leading built environment bodies call for sprinklers in all schools
Leading bodies in the built environment have signed a joint statement calling on the Government to require the installation of sprinklers in schools, including the retrofitting of sprinklers in existing school buildings when relevant refurbishment takes place.
Environment
By Wood for Good
Sustainability and safety should go hand in hand – ignorance is an enemy of both
Whilst we agree with Kieran Mullan MP that sustainability should not come before safety, if we focus first on ensuring truly quality buildings, there is no reason we cannot achieve both.