Has the government sold out on construction products regulation?

By Tom Lowe2025-05-12T06:33:00

“I see some of it as a desperate cry for help,” says Paul Morrell. The former chief construction advisor is talking about the government’s new proposals for regulating construction products. It is fair to say this is not the reaction that ministers will have wanted from the man whose work forms much of the backdrop to the proposed reforms.

The government is currently asking the industry for its views on its proposals to tighten up the regulation of construction products. The 158-page construction products reform green paper is part of the government’s response to the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry, unveiled in February, which also included proposals for a new single regulator for the industry.

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