Government announces plans to toughen combustible cladding ban

By Hamish Champ2020-01-21T06:00:00

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Height threshold to be lowered as housing secretary spells out more details on building safety regulator

The government has announced plans to lower the height limit for its combustible cladding ban as it unveils details of its new building safety regulator.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick (pictured) told the House of Commons he would not tolerate the “slow pace of improving building safety standards” and announced measures which he claimed “go further and faster to ensure residents are safe in their homes”.

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