Month: October 2017

Grenfell Tower fire survivors whose immigration status was uncertain will have the chance to be granted permanent UK residency, the Home Office has said. This is a change to the one-year immigration amnesty announced after the June blaze in west London. Immigration minister Brandon Lewis said the government “believed it is right” to give survivors […]

Labor will create a national licensing scheme for builders and installers, and a new penalties regime for people who breach the national construction code, as part of efforts to boost fire safety standards in buildings. The new measures, to be unveiled on Thursday, add to a previous commitment by Labor to ban the importation, future […]