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Construction materials regulation to come into force years after Grenfell disaster

Grenfell protest
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The 2017 incident led to the largest loss of life from fire in Britain since the Second World War.

The UK government is preparing a Major Construction Products whitepaper to crack down on unregulated practices in the construction sector.

Only a third of construction projects are currently regulated, and the government now wants to see general safety requirements enforced on all products used in the sector, in the belief