The Building Safety Bill betrays the victims of the cladding scandal

Monday promised to be a significant day for those living in high rises across England.

The Building Safety Bill, which has been sold by the government as the biggest change to building safety in a generation, was published in its final form before it goes through parliament.

Introduced more than four years after the Grenfell fire killed 72 people, the Bill is aimed at ensuring a similar catastrophe never happens again. But will it succeed?

The 208-page document includes wide-ranging measures that will overhaul building safety regulation exposed as wholly inadequate by Grenfell, as well as significantly change the way in which high-rise buildings are designed, built, managed and lived in.

New dutyholders will be required at each stage of design, development, and occupation, and a ‘golden thread’ of information that links them all will become a requirement to ensure crucial safety information is not lost — as was the case at Grenfell.

Accountable persons will be required for all occupied buildings and be responsible for ensuring standards are met and held culpable if they are not.