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20 Nov 24 Publishing a target date for the completion of dangerous cladding remediation works and providing greater transparency on remediation performance are two key recommendations arising from a new National Audit Office report . The NAO’s report follows the publication of the Grenfell Inquiry in September, which examined […] Click here to view original…

An application has been submitted for cladding work Ipaxis flats in Ipswich (Image: Archant) An application has been submitted to do work at an Ipswich flats block where developers were previously fined for unsafe cladding. In July, Home from Home Property Management Ltd, and company director Edward Ottley were […] Click here to view original…

If anything confirms the fact that Britain’s ruling elite, as with their counterparts internationally, could not care less about the safely and lives of millions of working-class people, it is the Grenfell Tower inferno. Not only have the seven-year-long police investigation and a now completed public inquiry resulted in […] Click here to view original…

Protest by Barking Riverside residents after flammable building material caused a fire in a block of flats. Photo: Pete Mason Fight for safe homes for all – make the super-rich pay! Paul Kershaw, Unite housing workers branch and Socialist Party Since the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower in June […] Click here to view original…

Matt Bradley and Thomas Sims have been trying to sell their flat for years author avatar image Matt Bradley, 37, completed on the two-bedroom flat he owns in Derby city centre, a week before the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. He and his partner, who he shares the flat […] Click here to view original…

Matt Bradley and Thomas Sims have been trying to sell their flat for years author avatar image Matt Bradley, 37, completed on the two-bedroom flat he owns in Derby city centre, a week before the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. He and his partner, who he shares the flat […] Click here to view original…

Glasgow chambers (Image: Glasgow chambers) The power to make Glasgow buildings with flammable cladding safer is in the hands of the Scottish Government, a meeting heard. It was previously reported that some tower blocks in the city contained cladding similar to the type found in Grenfell Tower. Seventy two […] Click here to view original…

The NOA’s report follows the Grenfell Inquiry. Credit: richardjohnson via Shutterstock. · World Construction Network · richardjohnson via Shutterstock. The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding in the country remain unidentified, and remediation within the government’s portfolio is progressing […] Click here to view original…

Hina Bokhari AM. Credit: London Assembly The removal of dangerous cladding from thousands of buildings across the capital can only be accelerated with more funding from the Government, the London Assembly has warned. Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged this week by the Assembly’s fire committee to lobby ministers […] Click here to view original…

Propertymark is urging the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) to do more to ensure unsafe cladding is replaced in buildings over 11 metres high. This is in response to ‘damning’ cladding report after the Grenfell tragedy in June 2017. The report found that 1,392 buildings had […] Click here to view original…