The organisations face being blacklisted, and banned from bidding for public contracts.
The deputy prime minister’s told MPs the government accepts an inquiry’s findings that ‘systematic dishonesty’ contributed to the disaster, and that there were ‘years’ of missed opportunities.
A single regulator would also oversee the construction industry, as per a recommendation, but with some limitations.
Speaking in the Commons, Secretary of State for Housing and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says it was a national tragedy that “must never happen again.”
Statement from Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan.
“Today’s announcement is an important step towards the reform needed to correct the catastrophic failures exposed by the Grenfell Tower tragedy. We owe it to the 72 people whose lives were needlessly lost in the Grenfell Tower fire to ensure that nothing like it ever happens again.
Everyone deserves the right to live in a safe home. It is shameful that more than seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, thousands of people across London and the country are still living in fear due to dangerous cladding on their homes.
Ministers must now act swiftly to implement their plans for tougher building regulations, including giving a new Construction Regulator real powers to raise standards and ensure homes are safe and secure.
I welcome more being done to hold building owners and developers to account for the safety of their buildings, and will continue to work with the Government to speed up the pace at which buildings with dangerous cladding are made safe.
At the same time those companies implicated in the Grenfell report should be barred from future contracts. This must now finally happen without further delay.
As Mayor, I will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Grenfell community in their tireless fight for justice and change.”
