tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2025-04-01T17:09:02+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/responsibility-for-all-fire-functions-moves-to-mhclg 2025-04-01T17:09:02+01:00

Greater clarity and accountability will be brought to fire and building safety from the transfer of Ministerial responsibility from the Home Office to MHCLG

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-measures-to-boost-resilience-of-999-call-system 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

A government review has been published today which will help to bolster the resilience of the 999-call handling system following a technical fault in June 2023.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/thank-you-to-police-and-fire-service-letters-from-home-secretary 2023-12-24T11:03:39+00:00

Letters of thanks from Home Secretary James Cleverly to all police, fire and rescue service workers.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-inspectors-of-police-and-fire-service-appointed 2023-04-27T16:04:14+01:00

Lee Freeman and Michelle Skeer take up dual roles as His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary in England and Wales and Inspector of Fire and Rescue in England.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/more-rigorous-checks-for-fire-and-rescue-employees 2023-04-25T11:45:47+01:00

Fire and rescue authorities will be able to carry out stringent new record checks, helping fire and rescue services protect the public and their staff.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-fire-safety-guidance-comes-into-force-on-1-october-2023 2023-03-30T12:29:26+01:00

Commencement regulations for new fire safety legal provisions within section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 have been laid in Parliament.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/leaseholders-protected-from-unfair-bills-to-make-homes-safe 2022-07-28T00:15:00+01:00

More leaseholders in high-rise homes will be spared unfair bills for building safety as £4.5 billion Building Safety Fund opens for new applications.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/leaseholders-protected-from-unfair-cladding-costs-as-governments-building-safety-reforms-come-into-force 2022-06-28T00:15:09+01:00

Many leaseholders will for the first time be legally protected from unfair bills to make their homes safe as measures in the Building Safety Act 2022 come into force.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/fire-safety-guidance-strengthened-for-new-high-rise-homes 2022-06-01T16:02:10+01:00

New improvements to fire safety guidance form part of a wider update to tighten building regulations and provide clearer fire safety rules for the design or construction of residential developments.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/home-secretary-unveils-ambitious-plans-for-fire-reform 2022-05-18T09:30:00+01:00

Robust reforms to fire safety introduced to strengthen fire and rescue services, putting the majority of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations into law.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/agreement-with-major-developers-to-fund-building-safety-repairs 2022-04-13T07:40:00+01:00

The government has revealed a wide-ranging agreement that will see industry contribute £5 billion to address the building safety scandal.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/letter-from-the-dluhc-secretary-of-state-to-the-construction-products-association-13-april-2022 2022-04-13T07:30:00+01:00

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove to the Construction Products Association.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/developer-pledge-letter 2022-04-13T07:30:00+01:00

Letter setting out the agreed principles between each participant developer and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/government-response-to-industry-proposal-on-building-safety 2022-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Letter from Michael Gove to the Home Builders Federation on proposals to pay for building safety.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-to-protect-leaseholders-with-new-laws-to-make-industry-pay-for-building-safety 2022-02-14T16:41:00+00:00

Tough new measures that will force industry to pay to remove cladding and protect leaseholders from exorbitant costs have been unveiled by Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/letter-from-dluhc-to-residential-property-developers-on-industry-negotiations 2022-02-03T21:15:08+00:00

A letter from DLUHC to developers on Heads of Terms for a memorandum of understanding.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/waking-watch-replacement-fund-opens-for-applications 2022-01-27T00:15:02+00:00

Leaseholders will be further protected from rip off, misused fire safety measures thanks to new government funding to remove so-called Waking Watch patrols.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/letter-from-the-dluhc-secretary-of-state-to-the-construction-products-association 2022-01-23T10:48:19+00:00

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove to the Construction Products Association seeking remediation contributions.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-online-service-to-track-remediation-of-high-risk-buildings 2022-01-20T13:31:36+00:00

Under the Leaseholder and Resident Service, those living in tower blocks will have access to updates on the status of their building’s application to the government’s Building Safety Fund.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-sets-out-new-plan-to-protect-leaseholders-and-make-industry-pay-for-the-cladding-crisis 2022-01-10T16:19:00+00:00

The government has reset its approach to building safety with a bold new plan to protect leaseholders and make wealthy developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis.