MPs Back Amendment To Protect Leaseholders From Cladding Costs

A total of 22 Conservative MPs have now signed the McPartland–Smith amendment to the government’s Fire Safety Bill. The bill is a new part of legislation that looks to increase fire safety in blocks in response to the Grenfell Tower fire. The Fire Safety Bill, which was put before parliament last March, is aimed at amending the 2005 Fire Safety Order and includes stronger rules to ensure building owners fix fire safety defects internally and externally. The amendment puts forward a change to the current legislation to ensure the costs of historic work will not be passed on to leaseholders. Read more on Inside Housing.

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