Resident calls for combustible cladding ban ignored in final Hackitt report

By Jordan Marshall2018-05-17T10:58:00

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But review leader says she would support a government decision to ban combustible materials

Calls by survivors of the Grenfell tragedy to ban combustible cladding materials have gone unheard in the final report of Dame Judith Hackitt’s review into building safety.

Hackitt’s report called for “less prescriptive” building regulations but she conceded she would support government if it decided to ban the controversial materials.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme ahead of the report’s release, Hackitt moved to assure the public that residents’ voices had been heard.

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