The number of MPs calling for a ban on a controversial
method of signing off untested cladding has risen to 73. Now, 44 MPs have
written to housing secretary James Brokenshire with a list of demands over fire
safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. These included asking him to end
the practice of ‘desktop studies’, which allow combustible materials to be used
in cladding without testing. They also urged him to install sprinklers in all
social housing tower blocks, to “reconsider” the use of combustible cladding,
and to ensure that dangerous cladding is removed and replaced. Read more on
Inside Housing.
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