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Only 1,392 buildings with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding have been remediated as of August and two-thirds of the estimated total are yet to be identified, a report has found. A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) showed this was equivalent to around 12% and 16% of the […] Click here to view original…

Only 1,392 buildings with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding have been remediated as of August and two-thirds of the estimated total are yet to be identified, a report has found. A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) showed this was equivalent to around 12% and 16% of the […] Click here to view original…

Darren Paffey says that the report “isn’t a surprise.” (Image: NQ) A Southampton MP has spoken out against the lack of work to remedy buildings with unsafe cladding in his constituency. Southampton Itchen MP Darren Paffey said he is not surprised that a report from the National Audit Office […] Click here to view original…

The ruined Grenfell Tower (Image: Daily Mirror) 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 […] Click here to view original…

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 slowly. The NAO’s first report on the UK government’s remediation portfolio since the consolidation of five programmes in 2023 […] Click here to view original…

A fire broke out in August at a block of flats in east London where dangerous cladding was in the process of being removed (Stefan Rousseau/PA) PA Wire 2 days ago City Spy Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square Mile […] Click here to view original…

Whitehall’s spending watchdog said a target date must be set for work to make thousands of buildings covered in dangerous cladding safe for residents. Up to 7,229 buildings across England are yet to be identified and some might never be, the National Audit Office (NAO) said, as it warned […] Click here to view original…

0 There’s no quick end in sight for the residents of homes wrapped in dangerous cladding, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), with hundreds of thousands having no idea when their building will be made safe. As if that’s not bad enough, the scale of the problem is […] Click here to view original…

Darren Paffey says that the report “isn’t a surprise.” (Image: NQ) A Southampton MP has spoken out against the lack of work to remedy buildings with unsafe cladding in his constituency. Southampton Itchen MP Darren Paffey said he is not surprised that a report from the National Audit Office […] Click here to view original…

Background on the cladding remediation programme and MHCLG’s role Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017, where 72 lives were lost, the UK government has committed to remediating unsafe cladding on residential buildings throughout England. A recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO) from the […] Click here to view original…