Portcullis House needs overhaul to ‘prevent glass falling on to people’

The parliamentary office building Portcullis House requires a “complete overhaul” of its roof and has “severe structural failings” in its atrium glazing, warns an official parliamentary report obtained by the Observer.

The new study, commissioned by the parliamentary authorities, warns that rain is leaking into MPs’ offices and recommends roof works likely to cost tens of millions pounds. It suggests an interim measure of adding…