Seven organisations involved in the Grenfell Tower disaster face possible debarment from government contracts as ministers set out plans to improve building safety and strengthen accountability.
It also pledges stronger, clearer and enforceable legal rights for residents, making landlords responsible for acting on safety concerns, and empowering social housing residents to challenge landlords and demand safe, high-quality housing, by expanding the Four Million Homes training programme.
Continuing implementation of a new residential personal emergency evacuation plan policy to improve the fire safety and evacuation of disabled and vulnerable residents in high-rise and higher-risk residential buildings, engaging with relevant stakeholders on the implementation.
“We are acting on all of the inquiry’s findings, and today set out our full response, detailing the tough action we are taking to drive change and reform the system to ensure no community will ever have to face a tragedy like Grenfell again.
The building safety minister, Alex Norris, said: “The Grenfell Tower fire was a preventable tragedy, and the failings it exposed demanded fundamental change.
