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Image representing news article Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee, has commented on the publication today of the National Audit Office’s report on Dangerous cladding: the Government’s remediation portfolio. Dangerous cladding: the Government’s remediation portfolio Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Chair comment […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower memorial A deadline needs to be set for the completion of repairs to dangerous cladding on apartment blocks to speed up the process, according to the National Audit Office. Almost two-thirds of between 9-12,000 buildings that need dangerous cladding removed have yet to be identified with many […] Click here to view original…

It comes as the National Audit Office report has revealed some may never see the cladding removed from their building King Edwards Wharf, another apartment block with dangerous cladding in Birmingham A Birmingham man said that he does not believe he will ever see dangerous cladding removed from his […] Click here to view original…

6 hours Seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed the scandal of unsafe cladding systems on buildings across the UK, the country has still not got a grip on the problem. Grenfell Tower’s cladding system accelerated the spread of fire and smoke when a fire broke out in […] Click here to view original…

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It could be two decades after the Grenfell disaster before the crisis the fire uncovered is finally fixed. Image: ChiralJon / Flickr The Labour government has been urged to set a target date to end the post-Grenfell building safety crisis amid warnings that it could take almost two decades […] Click here to view original…

news Publishing a target date for the completion of dangerous cladding remediation works and providing greater transparency on remediation performance are two key recommendations from a new National Audit Office (NAO) report. In its first report on the government’s remediation programme since five separate programmes were brought together into […] Click here to view original…

Seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed the reality of dangerous cladding across the UK, hundreds of thousands of residents in England still have no idea when their building will be made safe, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned today. Describing the remediation for buildings within government’s […] Click here to view original…

There is widespread coverage today of a report from the National Audit Office which calls on the government to speed up the pace of remediation on buildings with dangerous cladding and set a date for its completion. More than seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire, the pace of […] Click here to view original…

The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire found all 72 deaths were “avoidable”. (Photo: Henry Nicholls/AFP/ Getty) author avatar image Ministers face mounting pressure to speed up efforts to remove dangerous cladding from buildings after a fresh report warned that 60 per cent of buildings with hazardous cladding materials […] Click here to view original…