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In a move said to ‘reaffirm the government’s commitment’ to protecting tenants, the Department for Levelling Up has begun legal action against a freeholder for failing to act on fire safety defects at a 15-storey tower block in Stevenage.
Several news stories in recent weeks have highlighted the growing concerns property managers and the wider fire industry have around the risk of fire posed from lithium-ion battery-based infrastructure and equipment.
Hunter Seymour reports on the impact rising energy costs are having, how it is likely to feed through to a growth in fire hazards as a result, and what the fire industry is doing to help combat the issue.
