PAC warns post-Grenfell policies are hindering new homes goal

The Government has seriously under-estimated the impact its post-Grenfell policies are having on the delivery of new homes.
The powerful Public Account Committee sounded the alarm today in a critical report on the Government’s response to the Grenfell disaster.
The committes said present Government policies were creating a crisis that threatened a “chilling effect” on house building overall, with social housing providers forced to divert resources to remediation rather than bad