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Birmingham Leaseholder Action Group (BrumLAG)
BrumLAG In the Media
Rally Interview on BBC Radio WM
Members of BrumLAG was interviewed for BBC Radio West Midlands about the Birmingham Rally talking about the #EnoughIsEnough protest.
EOCS 5 June Rallies Live Stream
EOCS 5 June Rallies Full Live Stream Sarah from CladDAG and Birmingham EOCS Rally Livestream
BrumLAG Interview on BBC Radio WM
Jen from BrumLAG was interviewed by Daz Hale on BBC Radio West Midlands about the Mayoral Hustings talking about the Cladding and Fire Safety Scandal.
Mayoral Hustings
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Mayoral Hustings to hear the candidates discuss the Cladding and Fire Safety Scandal. To the candidates who answered with sincerity. Liam Byrne MP – Labour Party Cllr Steve Caudwell – Green Party Andy Street – Conservative Jenny Wilkinson – Liberal Democrat Chaired by Patrick Burns, a consummate…
BrumLAG Open Meeting 22 Feb 2021
We discuss the latest Government funding announcement, with guest speakers and impact statements from those affected. And an update on the national Building Safety Scandal. Guest speakers Andy Street West Midlands Mayor and Preet Gill MP, with a contribution from Andrew Mitchell MP. Recording Slides Q&A Answers to the questions raised in the…
Jen from BrumLAG on Newsnight
“We all bought our homes in good faith and deserve a right to be safe in our homes.” Jenny Reid, from the Birmingham Leaseholder Action Group, says £3.5bn in extra govt funding for building safety still “seriously underestimates the size and scale of the issue”
End Our Cladding Scandal Birmingham Summit on Capitol Radio
Telling the housing minister Lord Greenhalgh about their dangerous cladding!
Birmingham Cladding Scandal Summit 22 Oct 2020
Roundtable discussion on the cladding scandal with affected residents, Lord Greenhalgh, Minister for Building Safety and Communities, Mike Amesbury MP, Shadow Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Birmingham MPs.
Government
Calls grow to include student accommodation in fund to remove cladding from buildings
The Cube Fire. Credit GMFRS THE publication of the report into The Cube Fire prompted a flurry of people to sign a petition calling for Government cladding from student accommodation. Although the report did not look at the the part the cladding may have played in the fire, it […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders could be trapped in homes for years as housing associations struggle to cope with scale of EWS crisis
Leaseholders could be left unable to sell or remortgage their homes for years as housing associations struggle to cope with the scale of the external wall system crisis currently afflicting the housing market Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Law Commission reports offer blueprint to demolish monetising landlordism in residential leasehold
The Law Commission today publishes three reports proposing reforms to the leasehold system and its complete replacement with a revived commonhold tenure, on the statute book since 2002 but ignored by the commercial interests in the sector. Coupled with the Government’s commitment to set new ground rents to zero […] Click here to view original…
Post-Grenfell building safety reforms published
The government has published a series of proposals to improve building safety and give residents and leaseholders greater say and control in the costs they will face. Three years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, a consultation also seeks views on implementing the recommendations from the resulting enquiry which looks […] Click here to view original…
Explained: The Draft Building Safety Bill
The government is bringing forward changes that will improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes. Background The government is bringing forward fundamental changes in the Draft Building Safety Bill that will improve building and fire safety, so that people […] Click here to view original…
Combustible cladding survey highlights ongoing issues in multi-occupancy buildings
THE HOUSING, Communities and Local Government Committee in Parliament has published the findings of a survey into the progress of remediation work designed to improve fire safety in residential buildings. The survey highlights significant ongoing fire safety issues in multi-occupancy buildings across the country, leaving residents facing bills of […] Click here to view original…
Shadow cabinet members meet with local councillors after concerns about cladded high rise buildings
(5) SAFETY of residents should be prioritised over headline grabbing news said members of the shadow cabinet who met with local councillors after it was revealed student accommodation — including The Cube — was barred from a new £1.6 billion Government fund to remove cladding from high-rise buildings. A […] Click here to view original…
Government’s fire safety plan ‘will fund just 12 new inspectors to cover two million homes’
Flats are covered by the new bill ( AFP via Getty Images ) The government’s new Fire Safety Bill would fund just 12 new officials to help cover safety inspections in two million homes, firefighters have claimed. The Fire Brigades Union accused the government of risking another Grenfell -style […] Click here to view original…
Failure to remove cladding could be breach of international law, UN tells UK government
The UN has warned the UK government that its failure to replace dangerous cladding on buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire could be a breach of international law. Picture: Getty Sharelines In April, Leilani Farha, who was the the UN’s special rapporteur on adequate housing, wrote […] Click here to view original…
UK could be breaking international law over cladding, says UN
The UN has warned Britain that its failure to strip combustible cladding from high-rise buildings containing tens of thousands homes may be a breach of international law. In a fresh headache for the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, the global body is demanding answers about the UK government’s delayed programme […] Click here to view original…
Video
| Event Name | Westminster Hall |
| House | Commons |
| Event Location | Westminster Hall |
| Event Type | Second chamber |
| Date | Wed 12 Feb 2020 |
| Start Time | 15:10:00 |
| End Time | 15:13:44 |
From Birmingham Live Article 4 March 2020
#CladdingScandal Rally at Westminster 24 February 2020