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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
Government unveils biggest shakeup to building safety in a generation
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced ambitious steps to further reform the building safety system with the biggest changes in a generation to ensure residents are safe in their homes. New measures announced include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise blocks of flats […] Click here to view original…
New fire safety programme to cover more buildings
All resi buildings above six storeys will now be covered by new regulator, while buildings above 11m will need sprinklers A new government fire safety regime for residential buildings will cover all buildings above six storeys, and will see sprinklers banned on all buildings above 11m, the government said […] Click here to view original…
BrumLAG 5 weeks in …
Our last blog post at the beginning of the month was titled “1 week in …”. We had hoped to do a weekly post but things have been happening so fast 4 weeks have got behind us already! Back on the 4th Sophie and Brian recorded a podcast over a few glasses of wine and…
Birmingham leaseholders facing first cladding bill
LEASEHOLDERS IN the Islington Gates development in central Birmingham still have to pay between £7,000 and £19,000 cladding removal bills, despite many losing jobs in the COVID-19 outbreak. Earlier this month , over 140 leaseholders in Islington Gates were given bills of up to £100,000 to be paid in […] Click here to view original…
What can property managers do to ensure tower blocks are fire-safe?
Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the government’s ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings has had a far-reaching impact. Since December 2018, when it issued its guidance covering cladding on blocks of 18m or higher in England and Wales, some valuers […] Click here to view original…
New Fire Safety Bill Planned
The Home Office has introduced a new bill to improve fire safety in buildings in England and Wales. The intention of the bill is to, according to the official government press release, “empower fire and rescue services to take enforcement action and hold building owners to account if they […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders ask for funding amid COVID-19 outbreak
A JOINT statement from cladding action groups made up of leaseholders from across the UK have called on the government to help fund interim safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside Housing reported on the statement from the Birmingham Leasehold Action Group, the Leeds Cladding Scandal group, Manchester Cladiators […] Click here to view original…
Council chiefs say new Fire Safety Bill ‘step in the right direction’
Building owners and managers of high-rise and multi-occupied buildings are to be held to account for the safety of their residents thanks to new legislation. The Home Office is today introducing a new Bill to improve fire safety in buildings in England and Wales. It aims at clarifying that […] Click here to view original…
Government publishes Fire Safety Bill
Picture: Getty Sharelines The bill, introduced to parliament by the Home Office yesterday , amends the Fire Safety Order 2005 to “clarify” that the duty holder for blocks of flats must “manage and reduce the risk of fire” posed by building structure, external wall systems and entrance doors. Fire […] Click here to view original…
Government allocate £1bn to remove all types of dangerous cladding with New Building Safety Fund
The new Building Safety Fund injects new funds to solve an old problem, will it be enough? In Rishi Sunak’s first Budget speech, he announced that the Government would be introducing a new Building Safety Fund of £1bn to help cover the costs of removing all types of unsafe […] 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