Scotland emergency budget review: Funding to remove unsafe cladding cut as part of government review
Funding has been slashed from the Scottish Government’s programme to remove potentially dangerous cladding from buildings across Scotland as part of its emergency budget review. The confirmation of the cuts come in the same week internal Government documents questioned the future of the programme and complained resources were “scarce”. […]Click here to view original web…
‘It’s cruel, it’s intolerable’: Residents hit with huge bills for extra safety works
By Christine Ahern November 3, 2022 — 7.30pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Residents who have had flammable cladding removed from their apartments under a Victorian government program say they have been left broke and unable to sell their homes after the building regulator demanded […] Click here to view original…
Internal documents show cladding removal project in doubt
The Grenfell Tower tragedy killed 72 people in June 2017 Scottish Government efforts to remove potentially dangerous Grenfell-style cladding are in “disarray” as new documents reveal the success of the project is in “doubt”. Scottish Labour has criticised the handling of the cladding replacement scheme as internal documents, obtained […] Click here to view original…
Sadiq Khan ‘needs to name and shame’ rogue landlords that are failing on fire-hazard housing
Protesters demand “No More Grenfells” as building safety works move at snail’s pace The Mayor of London is being “too soft” on housing developers that have failed to remove unsafe cladding, building safety campaigners have warned. The End Our Cladding Scandal campaign – set up in the wake of […] Click here to view original…
Cladding removal programme in ‘disarray’
Grenfell Tower ablaze in 2017 The Scottish Government’s programme to remove risky Grenfell-style cladding from buildings is in “disarray” due to a lack of confidence in its delivery, according to new documents. The UK Government gave Scottish ministers £97m two years ago to improve potentially fatal cladding on buildings […] Click here to view original…
Internal documents show cladding removal project in doubt
The Grenfell Tower tragedy killed 72 people in June 2017 Scottish Government efforts to remove potentially dangerous Grenfell-style cladding are in “disarray” as new documents reveal the success of the project is in “doubt”. Scottish Labour has criticised the handling of the cladding replacement scheme as internal documents, obtained […] Click here to view original…
‘Grenfell’ cladding work in disarray, papers show
Ministers have already faced a backlash after taking four years longer than the UK government to ban the material which encases some buildings Attempts to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding in Scotland are in “disarray” as new documents revealed that the success of the project “is in doubt”. Labour has […] Click here to view original…
SNP ministers cladding programme ‘in disarray’ as damning evidence comes to light
Scottish Labour have warned that the Scottish Government’s cladding programme is ‘in disarray’. Pictured: Grenfell A scheme to remove risky Grenfell-style cladding from buildings is in doubt due to a lack of confidence in the programme’s delivery. The UK Government handed out £97m two years ago to SNP ministers […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove is back as Housing Secretary, and property developers are worried
Big Read Whitehall’s disruptor-in-chief has returned and is ready to have difficult conversations Michael Gove, Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy, centre, and the new PM’s mother Usha Sunak during a hustings event at Wembley Arena (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA) Seven housing secretaries in the five years since Grenfell. No revolving […] Click here to view original…
‘Flats will be safe during fireworks’ says Halton Council
The Decks, also known as The Deck, flats in Runcorn with the Manchester Ship Canal to the left. (Runcorn Weekly News) Extra safety measures will be in place for this year’s Halton fireworks show on the River Mersey to protect residents living in flats deemed at risk in the […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove is back as Housing Secretary, and property developers are worried
Big Read Whitehall’s disruptor-in-chief has returned and is ready to have difficult conversations Michael Gove, Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy, centre, and the new PM’s mother Usha Sunak during a hustings event at Wembley Arena (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA) Seven housing secretaries in the five years since Grenfell. No revolving […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove is back as Housing Secretary, and property developers are worried
Big Read Whitehall’s disruptor-in-chief has returned and is ready to have difficult conversations Michael Gove, Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy, centre, and the new PM’s mother Usha Sunak during a hustings event at Wembley Arena (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA) Seven housing secretaries in the five years since Grenfell. No revolving […] Click here to view original…