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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

Sadiq Khan calls for building safety watchdog to be renationalised to prevent another Grenfell fire

EPA

The UK's building materials watchdog should be renationalised to prevent another Grenfell fire tragedy, London mayor Sadiq Khan has said.

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) was privatised in 1997 at the tail end of the last Tory government and has been criticised during the inquiry into the deadly blaze at the west London tower block.

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