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Legislation to make it clear who is responsible for fire safety in tower blocks is set to become law after MPs voted to defeat an amendment.
Four years after the Grenfell Tower fire, the new legislation modifies a previous law to clarify that building owners must manage and reduce the risk of fire in their properties. The Fire Safety Bill has gone through many rounds of votes as the House of Lords tried to ensure residents would not have to pay for required safety upgrades.
Seeking to get the bill passed before the end of the Parliamentary session, it could means that thousands of leaseholders will face large bills to pay for safety improvements, including fire breaks, new balconies, safer doors and sprinkler systems.
MPs have calculated that the total bill could reach £15 billion, but so far the government has pledged only £5 billion to fund cladding repairs on buildings over 18 metres tall. It has offered loans on repairs on shorter properties, which it argues are less of a risk.
The Shadow Police and Fire Services Minister Sarah Jones told Parliament that the government should pay and then ‘go after the building companies and developers responsible’.
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