Backlash over ’18-metre rule’ to qualify for cladding cash as civil servant admits officials ‘didn’t have time to pick a better number’
A top civil servant working on the cladding scandal admitted the crucial 18-metre rule had been picked simply because ministers ‘didn’t have time to come up with a better number’. Safety expert Brian Martin said ‘a whole bunch of ridiculous things’ had been used to justify the building height […]