Government responds in full to Grenfell Tower Inquiry

The government today pledged to deliver the following reforms:

• A new single construction regulator to ensure those responsible for building safety are held to account.  

• Tougher oversight of those responsible for testing and certifying, manufacturing and using construction products with serious consequences for those who break the rules.

• A legal duty of candour through a new Hillsborough Law, compelling public authorities to disclose the truth, ensuring transparency in major incidents, and holding those responsible for failures to account. 

• Stronger, clearer, and enforceable legal rights for residents, making landlords responsible for acting on safety concerns.

• Empowering social housing residents to challenge landlords and demand safe, high-quality housing, by expanding the Four Million Homes training programme. Make it easier for tenants to report safety concerns and secure landlord action by taking forward the Make Things Right campaign.

• Ensuring lasting transparency and accountability by creating a publicly accessible record of all public inquiry recommendations.

• As well as changes in regulation, in December 2024, the government launched its Remediation Acceleration Plan which sets out tough new measures to get buildings fixed quicker and ensure rogue freeholders are held to account.  

The introduction of a single regulator for the entire construction industry will not happen before 2028 however government will be consulting on this measure this Autumn. Government also published a Construction Products Reform Green Paper which was published alongside the Grenfell Inquiry response.

The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry was published on September 4th 2024. The inquiry came about as a result of the tragic loss of 72 lives at Grenfell Tower in June 2017. Grenfell Inquiry Chairman Sir Martin Moore Bick and his team made many recommendations for further action in the report, based on a careful analysis of the evidence presented to the Inquiry by hundreds of witnesses and in hundreds of thousands of documents. The Prime Minister pledged to respond in full to the Inquiry’s recommendations within six months.

Below you can find links to:

• Government press release for its response in full to Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Government responds in full to Grenfell Tower Inquiry, setting out tough new reforms to fix building safety and strengthen accountability  - GOV.UK

• Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response: Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (HTML) - GOV.UK

• Construction Products Reform Green Paper: Construction Products Reform Green Paper - GOV.UK

• Ministerial statement (and discussion): UK Government Response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Parliamentlive.tv - House of Commons