Just 2% of cash to remove Grenfell cladding in Scotland has been spent
Cladding being removed from a tower block Just 2% of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent, the Scottish Conservative Party has claimed. Scottish Tory housing spokesman Miles Briggs accused the Scottish Government of a “pitiful lack of progress” in removing potentially flammable […]Click here to view original web…
Only 2% of funds allocated for Grenfell cladding removal in Scotland utilized
Title: Slow Progress in Removing Dangerous Cladding from Scottish Homes Raises Concerns Introduction: The Scottish Conservative Party has criticized the Scottish Government for the slow progress in removing potentially flammable insulation, similar to the cladding used in the Grenfell tower fire. Despite receiving £97.1m in funding from the UK […] Click here to view original…
It’s time for action to match the scale of our building problems
July 12, 2023 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We all expect to be safe in our homes, but making them so can be complex and expensive […] Click here to view original…
Scotland has spent just 2% of funds provided to fix cladding
Just over £1.8 million has been spent so far on the high-rise remediation programme The Scottish government has spent less than 2 per cent of the money provided by the UK government to remove combustible cladding from high-rise buildings, figures show. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, […] Click here to view original…
‘We’re trapped in our unsafe homes’ say victims of cladding scandal in Milton Keynes
Thousands of people in MK affected by the cladding scandal say they are trapped in their “unsafe” homes because nothing has been done to rectify the problem. A string of high rise residential buildings across the borough, particularly in the city centre, have been deemed unsafe due to the […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding – Only two per cent of Scottish removal cash spent
Just 2% of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent (Image: PA) Just 2 per cent of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent, the Scottish Tories have claimed. Scottish Tory housing spokesman Miles Briggs accused the […] Click here to view original…
‘We’re trapped in our unsafe homes’ say victims of cladding scandal in Milton Keynes
Thousands of people in MK affected by the cladding scandal say they are trapped in their “unsafe” homes because nothing has been done to rectify the problem. A string of high rise residential buildings across the borough, particularly in the city centre, have been deemed unsafe due to the […] Click here to view original…
‘Just 2%’ of cash to remove Grenfell-style cladding in Scotland spent
Grenfell cladding: It is understood 105 buildings are to be assessed for unsafe cladding in Scotland. Just 2% of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent, the Scottish Tories have claimed. The party’s housing spokesman Miles Briggs accused the Scottish Government of a […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding – Only two per cent of Scottish removal cash spent
Just 2% of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent (Image: PA) Just 2 per cent of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent, the Scottish Tories have claimed. Scottish Tory housing spokesman Miles Briggs accused the […] Click here to view original…
AAA webinar for apartment owners on building recladding
We all recall the tragic Grenfell fire in London. Since then many Australian apartment owners have been faced with unfair bills running into millions of dollars for recladding their buildings. How do you know that your ‘replacement cladding’ isn’t also unsafe or future-proofed to the new Industry Cladding Standard […] Click here to view original…
After safety concerns related to Grenfell, a student block in Portsmouth will receive new cladding
In order to comply with new post-Grenfell fire safety standards, one of Portsmouth’s largest student housing blocks will undergo recladding. 10 July 2023 Fire Safety FD&A Fire Risk Assessment Following discovering a number of failings’ that did not comply with building regulations during a fire safety assessment of the […] Click here to view original…
Scottish Government are putting lives at risk by not replacing Grenfell-style cladding, Tories claim
Just a fraction of the budget has been spent so far. (Image: Getty) are putting lives at risk by not removing Grenfell-style cladding despite being given money to do so, it has been claimed. The Scottish Conservatives have claimed that just two per cent of money allocated to remove […] Click here to view original…