Houses of Parliament at risk of ‘Notre Dame-style fire’ as renovation costs rise
Report says cost of maintenance could soon reach £2m a week, including 24-hour patrols to avert fire risk The Palace of Westminster will be at risk of a Notre Dame-style fire or a similar catastrophic event if MPs do not tackle the issue of funding refurbishments, a parliamentary committee has said. Decisions about how and when to begin a full restoration of the building, which is Grade I-listed and a Unesco world heritage site, have been repeatedly delayed amid disagreement over how it should b
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Report says cost of maintenance could soon reach £2m a week, including 24-hour patrols to avert fire risk
The Palace of Westminster will be at risk of a Notre Dame-style fire or a similar catastrophic event if MPs do not tackle the issue of funding refurbishments, a parliamentary committee has said.
Decisions about how and when to begin a full restoration of the building, which is Grade I-listed and a Unesco world heritage site, have been repeatedly delayed amid disagreement over how it should be done and spiralling costs.
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- 91 words · 1 min read
- Published
- November 4, 2026
- Byline
- Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
- Source
- The Guardian