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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aine Fox

Second staircases needed in buildings of 18 metres and over, groups tell Gove

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The height requirement for new buildings to have a compulsory second staircase should be lowered, a coalition of architects, fire safety and disability rights organisations have said.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and other groups have written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to demand the Government takes “bolder action” to make homes as safe as possible and prevent “further avoidable tragedies”.

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