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Government urged to remove remaining unsafe cladding quickly

By News Feed | 13 July 2023

The government has been urged to speed up work on removing dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings six years after the Grenfell Tower fire (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Progress on making buildings safe following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire has not been “fast enough”, Michael Gove has said. In the House of […]Click here to view original web…

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Grenfell cladding – Only two per cent of Scottish removal cash spent

By News Feed | 13 July 2023

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…

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Grenfell cladding – Only two per cent of Scottish removal cash spent

By News Feed | 12 July 2023

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…

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Grenfell cladding – Only two per cent of Scottish removal cash spent

By News Feed | 12 July 2023

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…

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Fire safety experts offered chance to protect public buildings

By News Feed | 12 July 2023

FIRE safety businesses across Scotland are being offered the chance to bid for potential work worth up to £20 million to support a wide range of public bodies. A leading Scottish procurement firm has invited businesses to apply for it its new fire safety framework, which launches in early […] Click here to view original…

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Just 2% of cash to remove Grenfell cladding in Scotland has been spent

By News Feed | 12 July 2023

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…

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Only 2% of funds allocated for Grenfell cladding removal in Scotland utilized

By News Feed | 12 July 2023

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…

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It’s time for action to match the scale of our building problems

By News Feed | 12 July 2023

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…

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Scotland has spent just 2% of funds provided to fix cladding

By News Feed | 11 July 2023

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…

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‘We’re trapped in our unsafe homes’ say victims of cladding scandal in Milton Keynes

By News Feed | 11 July 2023

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…

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Grenfell cladding – Only two per cent of Scottish removal cash spent

By News Feed | 11 July 2023

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…

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‘We’re trapped in our unsafe homes’ say victims of cladding scandal in Milton Keynes

By News Feed | 11 July 2023

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…