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Noah Vickers

Sadiq Khan accuses Government of ‘dither and delay’ over fire safety rules

Sadiq Khan has accused the Government of “bureaucratic dither and delay” over proposed new fire safety rules, claiming that a lack of certainty is causing London housing projects to stall.

In a letter to housing secretary Michael Gove, the mayor said that 34,000 homes on major development sites in the capital were unable to proceed, because it was unclear how the new rules would be applied.

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