Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for all asbestos to be taken out of the remaining public and commercial buildings in which it is present within 40 years. According to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, asbestos continues to be the UK’s biggest cause of...

The director of an asbestos management company has been handed a prison sentence after failing to protect workers from coming into contact with asbestos during a Plymouth refurbishment project. Chelmsford Crown Court heard that in February 2017, workers at Ensure...

Even in the sector of the economy that is specifically concerned with the responsible removal of asbestos from premises where existence of the substance could pose a danger, concerns persist about the scope for licensed asbestos workers to be exposed to the lethal...

Kieran Lynch has been prosecuted in relation to an incident that saw his employees come into contact with asbestos during the refurbishment of domestic premises in Reading. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard that Mr Lynch, trading as Lynch and Co, was contracted to...

A sentence has been handed down to a Powys construction firm in relation to an employee of the company suffering fatal injuries in Liverpool after he fell six metres through asbestos sheets during work on a replacement roof project. What were the details of the case?...

In another development underlining the saddening need for the utmost vigilance over asbestos safety measures, a property firm from Bradford has been fined £16,000 in relation to its use of unskilled and unprotected workers at a site in Hull. A heavy penalty for not...