Concerns raised over mental health impact of Welsh cladding scandal

Campaigners have raised concerns over the mental health impact on residents living in buildings with combustible cladding. Thousands of people across Wales live in buildings wrapped in dangerous cladding or with other fire safety issues, according to the Wales Leaseholder Action Group. […] Click here to view original web page at www.walesonline.co.uk

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Cladding: Forged signatures on more flats’ fire certificates

A forged signature was found on a fire safety certificate for Century Wharf near Cardiff Bay At least 15 more forged fire safety certificates have been linked to a company in Caerphilly county. Responding to concerns of fraudulent EWS1 forms raised in the Senedd, the first minister said police […] Click here to view original…

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At least 15 more forged fire safety certificates linked to Welsh company

Century Wharf in Cardiff. At least 15 more forged fire safety certificates have been linked to a company in Wales. After an investigation by WalesOnline revealed a forged signature was found on the fire safety certificate for a Cardiff block of flats, more evidence has surfaced about the wider extent of the problem. […] Click here to…

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Applications for government’s £1bn fund to remove unsafe cladding open next week

Applications for the government’s £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings will open on Monday. More than half a million people in England and Wales could be living in homes with unsafe cladding, analysis by industry body the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) said in February. […] Click here to view original…

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Plans to spend millions on replacing Cardiff tower block cladding

Loudoun and Nelson House, Cardiff Around £17m will be spent putting cladding back on Cardiff tower blocks after it was removed following the Grenfell disaster. Following the deadly blaze that killed 72 people, checks were carried out on all council high-rise flats in the city. Tests found it didn’t […] Click here to view original…

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