The chair of a new Independent National Asbestos Taskforce has criticised the UK’s strategy around asbestos as ‘dangerously complacent’, saying the time has come for evidence-based removal.
By Belinda Liversedge on 28 April 2026
MPs have rejected calls for a national digital register of asbestos in schools, saying it could “undermine” efforts to comply with existing laws around identifying and locating the toxic material.
By Belinda Liversedge on 21 April 2026
In the sphere of workplace injuries, not all harm is immediate. Some of the most profound impacts on human health at work unfold slowly, out of sight and, seemingly, out of mind. Their effects accumulate and compound casting a long shadow over our working lives; one that may stretch years or decades beyond the initial point of exposure.
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 15 April 2026
With growing evidence of rising cases of asbestos disease among people working in buildings containing asbestos, it is clear the existing strategy of managing asbestos-containing materials ‘in situ’ is failing, and a comprehensive programme of removal must be adopted as quickly as possible.
By Charles Pickles, Airtight on Asbestos on 02 April 2026
HSE marks Global Asbestos Awareness Week (1–7 April), highlighting free guidance and training resources available to help dutyholders and trades comply with the law.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 April 2026
A group of asbestos management organisations have developed a methodology that can more accurately identify the location and condition of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs). It presents the information in simple form so building owners have a better understanding of the risk the ACMs pose. The move would also allow asbestos removal strategies to be targeted at buildings with the riskiest ACMs and the most vulnerable occupants.
By Campaign team, Asbestos Information CIC on 01 September 2025
A legal anomaly that makes it more difficult for sufferers of asbestos-related lung cancer to obtain compensation than people who have developed mesothelioma means large numbers of people are dying before receiving full compensation that could prove vital in the final months of their lives.
By Daniel Easton, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on 30 October 2025
HSE inspectors made a series of proactive inspections last week in Manchester city centre to tackle ill-health on construction sites.
By Belinda Liversedge on 28 October 2025
With recent HSE research concluding that asbestos site surveys from UKAS-accredited companies and surveyors consistently deliver higher quality results than their non-accredited counterparts, the time has arrived for the Government and HSE to introduce mandatory UKAS accreditation for all organisations providing asbestos surveying services.
By Robert Southall, Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATaC) on 02 September 2025
Although in past years asbestos-related mesothelioma deaths have been associated with exposures among construction and related trades working on the fabric of buildings, emerging evidence suggests that future cases of mesothelioma will be dominated by those exposed as children and teachers in schools in recent years, today and in the future.
By Charles Pickles, Airtight on Asbestos on 02 September 2025
