Foreign clothing companies conduct safety audits of factories they use, and normally avoid those based in mixed-use commercial buildings like Rana Plaza because having multiple tenants raises the possibility of hazards like blocked fire exits.

WSJ: At Least 200 Die in Bangladesh Building Collapse

Foreign garment companies conduct safety audits of factories they use, and normally avoid those based in mixed-use commercial buildings like Rana Plaza because having multiple tenants increases the possibility of hazards like blocked fire exits.

WSJ: Dozens Die in Bangladesh Building Collapse

Foreign garment firms conduct safety audits of factories they use, and normally avoid those based in mixed-use commercial buildings like Rana Plaza because having multiple tenants increases the possibility of hazards like blocked fire exits.

WSJ: Bangladesh Building Collapse Kills at Least 80

The controversial reforms include changes to housing benefit that will result in council and housing association tenants having their benefit cut if they are deemed to have a spare bedroom.

BBC: Bedroom interior

For example, Duke-Weeks Realty, which is having trouble finding tenants for an eight-story building it is developing in Chicago's east-west corridor, gets just 3.5% of its rent revenue from Chicago-area office properties.

FORBES: The great suburban overbuild

During the speech, Mr Miliband also set out plans to tackle issues around housing, adding that Britain was in danger of having two nations - homeowners and tenants.

BBC: Miliband: 'Labour didn't listen on immigration'

He said this charter was about "empowering tenants" and "empowering the government" so it could see public money was having the right effect and the resources would be directed at those who meet "the obligations and responsibilities" that the charter outlines.

BBC: Capital Investment Committee