Guidance
Building Safety Programme: announcements
Announcements from the Building Safety Programme, established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe, now and in the future.
Announcements
- Announcement 40 - Letter from Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities to Dame Judith Hackitt in response to the second report from the Industry Safety Steering Group - 22 July 2020
- Announcement 39 - Government confirms the biggest changes to building safety in a generation - 2 April 2020
- Announcement 38 - New measures to improve building safety standards - 20 January 2020
- Announcement 37 - Dame Judith Hackitt named as government adviser on the new Building Safety Regulator - 28 October 2019
- Announcement 36 - Building Safety: letter from Housing Minister to Chair of the Industry Safety Steering Group, Dame Judith Hackitt - 11 July 2019
- Announcement 35 - Residents encouraged to have their say to improve building safety - 6 June 2019
- Announcement 34 - Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement - 9 May 2019
- Announcement 33 - Brokenshire introduces tougher regulatory system for building safety - 18 December 2018
- Announcement 32 - Government releases funding to replace unsafe cladding - 17 October 2018
- Announcement 31 - Government announces new housing measures, including measures to improve the safety of high-rise buildings - 1 October 2018
- Announcement 30 - Building regulations and fire safety: government response to Select Committee report - 18 September 2018
- Announcement 29 - Action to address recent fire door issues - 31 July 2018
- Announcement 28 - Brokenshire moves to review building regulations fire safety guidance - 19 July 2018
- Announcement 27 - Action plan to accelerate remediation of private high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding - 28 June 2018
- Announcement 26 - James Brokenshire publishes consultation on banning combustible cladding - 18 June 2018
- Announcement 25 - Government commits to major building safety reforms - 17 May 2018
- Announcement 24 - Hackitt review - Secretary of State’s oral statement to Parliament - 17 May 2018
- Announcement 23 - ‘Radical reform’ of building regulatory system needed, finds Dame Judith Hackitt - 17 May 2018
- Announcement 22 - Government announces it will fully fund unsafe cladding removal in social housing - 16 May 2018
- Announcement 21 - Update on fire doors investigation – risk to public safety remains low - 16 May 2018
- Announcement 20 - Fire safety advice unchanged after issue identified with fire door - 15 March 2018
- Announcement 19 - Grenfell Tower and building safety - Secretary of State’s oral statement to Parliament - 18 December 2017
- Announcement 18 - Secretary of State’s oral statement to Parliament on Grenfell Tower - 5 September 2017
- Announcement 17 - Government completes large-scale fire safety testing programme - 25 August 2017
- Announcement 16 - Latest large-scale government fire safety test result published - 21 August 2017
- Announcement 15 - Second wall cladding system passes latest government fire safety test - 14 August 2017
- Announcement 14 - Latest government large scale fire safety test results published - 11 August 2017
- Announcement 13 - Further results published from government’s fire testing programme - 8 August 2017
- Announcement 12 - Government fire safety testing programme continues - 2 August 2017
- Announcement 11 - First systems test reaffirms actions for landlords - 28 July 2017
- Announcement 10 - Independent review of building regulations and fire safety - 28 July 2017
- Announcement 9 - Sajid Javid’s statement on the government response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy - 20 July 2017
- Announcement 8 - Ensure that recladding work meets building regulations advises expert panel - 14 July 2017
- Announcement 7 - New industry group to ensure construction sector ready to meet building challenges after Grenfell Tower - 10 July 2017
- Announcement 6 - Expert panel recommends further tests on cladding and insulation - 6 July 2017
- Announcement 5 - Expert panel on safety meets for the first time - 30 June 2017
- Announcement 4 - Statement from the independent expert advisory panel - 30 June 2017
- Announcement 3 - Expert panel appointed to advise on immediate safety action following Grenfell fire - 27 June 2017
- Announcement 2 - Cladding sample testing update - 25 June 2017
- Announcement 1 - Homes and Communities Agency ready to provide support or advice on testing ACM cladding - 20 June 2017
Updates to this page
Published 21 November 2018Last updated 9 May 2019 + show all updates
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Added announcement 'Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement'.
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