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  • Immediate thoughts.

    Injuries / deaths by residential fires. Number historically declines over time because net, everything has become on average safer.

    So I think this is primarily an insurance problem. I think that only in extreme cases will remedial works be required.

    I suspect this is something the Tories could resolve. It's going to take time though.

  • So I think this is primarily an insurance problem.

    Yeah, I agree.

    The number of genuinely comparable to Grenfell buildings is not huge, but significant. These will need to be addressed through remedial works. The rest will eventually be sorted out through insurer / regulator negotiations.

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