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The Government’s Building Safety Bill, introduced in draft form in July 2020, is the next ‘key step in an extensive overhaul to building safety legislation’.

Trade & rep bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency & property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have today launched an updated version of the LPE1 form.

Government has introduced a number of new amendments to further strengthen the robust package of measures already introduced.

The building safety crisis is global and other countries have done things differently. We have recorded an IRPM Chat with Ted Baillieu to find out how Victoria successfully tackled theirs.

It is hard to believe this is already the fifth anniversary of the terrible fire at Grenfell, when 72 people lost their lives. Read our commentary about where we are now and what is it come.

Updated Simultaneous Evacuation Guidance (SEG) Published

The Building Safety Bill, which is due to be published today (5 July 2021), will create lasting change and set out a clear pathway on how residential buildings should be constructed & maintained.

The Welsh Government has published the Building Safety (Wales) Bill, introducing a new safety regime for multi-occupied residential buildings in Wales.

Seven years have passed since the tragic night when Grenfell Tower was engulfed in flames, leaving an indelible scar on our collective conscience. Today, as we remember the 72 lives lost, The Property Institute (TPI) stands in solidarity with the survivors and the Grenfell community, who continue to seek justice, and we urge the next Government to get on with remediating unsafe buildings.