For landlords and electrical installers, smoke, heat and CO alarms are a small part of an installation's cost, but their reliability is critical. BS 5839-6 sets out recommendations for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire [...]

As part of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget, he announced that funding for energy-efficiency improvements for low income households under the Warm Homes Fund would be cut by £1bn, reportedly to pay for defence spending commitments. Despite the reduction of [...]

The Government this week introduced the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill to Parliament, two years after its initial announcement in 2025, with legal penalties of up to £500K for failing to comply, and a “simpler route to pursuing cladding manufacturers [...]

The first phase of funding from the Government's Social & Affordable Housing Programme has been announced, but with only a proportion allocated to be social rent, rather than 100% as the Prime Minister had pledged before he came into office. [...]

The Ministry of Housing has published non-statutory guidance for social landlords implementing Awaab’s Law, to support them in identifying 'significant' and 'emergency' property hazards. The guidance clarifies that a notional, but objective “reasonable landlord test” should be applied by landlords [...]