Government unveils new Building Safety Bill

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Government claims bill will prompt biggest overhaul in building regulations for 40 years

A draft bill aiming to prompt the biggest overhaul in building safety regulations for nearly 40 years has been published by the government.

The Building Safety Bill, which runs to 334 pages, has been drawn up in a bid to prevent a disaster like the 2017 Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people, from ever happening again.

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