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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth and Peter Apps

Experts warned government of tower block collapse risk last year, leak reveals

 Barton House in Bristol, where hundreds of residents were evacuated on Tuesday evening after structural problems were discovered.
Barton House in Bristol, where hundreds of residents were evacuated on Tuesday evening after structural problems were discovered. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Government safety experts last year warned that many tower blocks built from concrete panels that may pose a collapse risk have not been fixed, leaked documents reveal.

Minutes of the government’s structural stability working group revealed that experts warned Whitehall officials in 2022 that “buildings which were supposed to have undergone remedial work in previous decades have not been remediated”, and there were “consequential safety implications for such buildings”.

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