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Deregulation drive slowed review of fire safety guidance by years, Grenfell inquiry told

By 2022-03-04T12:13:00

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Officials expanded initial review because of anti-red tape requirement to ’remove more rules than you add’

A review of fire safety guidance for buildings in the years leading up to the Grenfell fire was slowed down by the government’s drive for deregulation, the inquiry into the 2017 blaze has heard.

Officials at the housing department decided to broaden the review into a wider overhaul of building regulations because the government had told them that new regulations could only be added if existing ones were removed.

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