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Cladding being removed from Bradstowe House in Harrow, north London. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock Dangerous cladding on all high-rise buildings in government-funded schemes in England will be fixed by the end of 2029, Angela Rayner has pledged. Criticising the pace of remediation, more than seven years after the Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…

The Remediation Acceleration Plan, expected on Monday, will come alongside proposals drawn up with housing developers on how they can speed up work to fix buildings for which they are responsible Dangerous cladding will be fixed on all high-rise buildings on Government schemes within the next five years, ministers […] Click here to view original…

3 hours The final report of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, published in September, concluded that the product suppliers were greedy liars and everyone else involved was just incompetent. Over the following pages we consider the fallout from the inquiry. When Grenfell Tower in Kensington caught fire […] Click here to view original…

This article was co-authored by Ciara Burrows, Trainee Solicitor and Abbie Law, Trainee Solicitor. A report from the National Audit Office has found that, seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there has been progress to the remediation of dangerous cladding on medium-rise buildings (11-18 metres). However, the […] Click here to view original…

Money Clinic A reader is wondering if there is a way to reduce their mortgage bill, which has gone by £300 People in flats with cladding can have problems getting a cheap mortgage deal (Getty/Cultura RF) Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related […] Click here to view original…

Money Clinic A reader is wondering if there is a way to reduce their mortgage bill, which has gone by £300 People in flats with cladding can have problems getting a cheap mortgage deal (Getty/Cultura RF) Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related […] Click here to view original…

Money Clinic A reader is wondering if there is a way to reduce their mortgage bill, which has gone by £300 People in flats with cladding can have problems getting a cheap mortgage deal (Getty/Cultura RF) Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related […] Click here to view original…

NEWS Budget sees funding to accelerate cladding remediation PUBLISHED AUTHOR FPA Media SHARE The government will invest £1 billion for the removal of dangerous cladding following the findings of the Grenfell Inquiry, the Chancellor of Exchequer has said. Speaking about the government’s housing priorities during the Autumn Budget statement […] Click here to view original…

A residential block in Colindale, north London, where work to remove unsafe cladding is incomplete. Statistics show that work is yet to begin on 2,415 buildings. Labour peer Wajid Khan told the House of Lords that remediation work is yet to start on about 50% of properties with unsafe […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell-style cladding could be removed from a flats complex in Ipswich – just months after its management company was convicted for fire safety breaches. Steven Truman, from Cladding Consulting, has submitted plans to Ipswich Borough Council, seeking the installation of non-combustible cladding and insulation at the Ipaxis flats at […] Click here to view original…