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Minister: No compromise on building safety amid housing target pressure

Building safety will not be compromised as the Government tries to meet its 1.5m new homes target, minister Alex Norris has insisted.

Alex Norris © Ann McGauran

Building safety will not be compromised as the Government tries to meet its 1.5m new homes target, minister Alex Norris has insisted.

At a Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee hearing today, MPs questioned building safety minister Norris on whether post-Grenfell improvements were at odds with Labour's housebuilding target for this Parliament.

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