All Grenfell inquiry articles – Page 2
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Fatal 2009 cladding fire not ‘severe’ enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, hearing told
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: senior civil servant ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action on ACM
Brian Martin admits he missed opportunities to prevent major cladding fire
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NewsCivil servant knew there was a ‘clear risk’ of a major ACM fire three years before Grenfell
Inquiry hears Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead ‘lulled’ him into false sense of security
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: senior civil servant ‘forgot’ to clarify ambiguous fire safety guidance
Brian Martin also admitted he ‘completely underestimated’ hazard posed by deadly ACM panels
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Official admits ambiguous building regs guidance ‘didn’t work’
Civil servant acknowledges failings with appoach of leaving designers and building-control bodies to figure out rules for themselves
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NewsDisastrous ACM cladding test failure was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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News‘Inappropriate’ fire ratings for cladding not questioned by senior official before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
’Class 0’ rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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NewsGovernment officials ‘did not heed’ coroner advice after fatal Lakanal House fire
Former head of communities department tells Grenfell Tower inquiry officials were ’dismissive’ of recommendations made after earlier blaze
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Officials ‘didn’t understand the risk’ of fire safety decisions
Staff ”lost sight” of important issues during deregulation drive, DCLG fire safety policy lead admits
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NewsFormer senior civil servant’s ‘deep regret’ that building regulations were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels ‘should have been gripped better’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Top fire-safety official described ‘whoosh!’ as ACM panels ignited
Remark came in an email sent by DCLG’s Brian Martin 18 months before tower-block fire
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NewsDeregulation drive slowed review of fire safety guidance by years, Grenfell inquiry told
Officials expanded initial review because of anti-red tape requirement to ’remove more rules than you add’
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NewsGovernment considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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NewsGovernment official apologises for ‘muddled’ wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding ‘should have been better’
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NewsCladding dangers not 'covered up', senior official tells Grenfell Inquiry
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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NewsBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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NewsGovernment’s ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance did not consider life safety
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards, Grenfell Inquiry told
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NewsCivil servant’s non-committal reply to fire safety query was typical, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin was responding to query on ’poorly drafted’ clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsProfits up 50% at Grenfell insulation firm Kingspan
Materials giant boosted by strong demand and acquisitions