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4 WORKS to remove potentially dangerous cladding at Crown Heights remains ‘on schedule’, developers have confirmed, as scaffolding can be seen covering much of the high-rise building. Remedial works to remove the cladding started in September 2024, and much of the high-rise building in Alencon Link is now covered […] Click here to view original…

Eight years have passed since 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower disaster The Scottish government has been accused of making “painfully slow” progress on removing unsafe cladding from buildings. It came as ministers announced plans to speed up efforts to inspect and repair buildings in response to the […] Click here to view original…

Image credit: JessicaGirvan / Shutterstock.com PEOPLE in Scotland with concerns about unsafe cladding in their properties can apply to a £10 million fund to have their building assessed, the Scottish Government has announced. The funding will be available to owners to have relevant buildings assessed, regardless of whether the […] Click here to view original…

Many flat sales are stalling due to a lack of meaningful progress on unsafe cladding repairs, estate agents have warned. A new report from the Public Accounts Committee – The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding – revealed that as many as 7,000 buildings still haven’t been identified and work has […] Click here to view original…

Reuters A general view of a high-rise public housing building with new cladding applied to its exterior, in the Chalcots Estate in the Swiss Cottage area of north central London within the Camden Borough, Britain November 8, 2024 Ministers have delayed a tax to fund the removal of unsafe […] Click here to view original…

Dangerous cladding being removed from flats in Slough, Berkshire The government still does not know how many buildings in England have dangerous cladding, the costs of removing it, or the length of time it will take, according to a committee of MPs. In a report, the Public Accounts Committee, […] Click here to view original…

Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC (AIM:LST) CEO Simon Deacon talked with Proactive’s Stephen Gunnion about the significant opportunity surrounding the company’s Injecta Fire Barrier solution, particularly in light of ongoing fire safety issues in the UK’s residential building sector. Deacon highlighted that the UK still has more than 33,000 […] Click here to view original…

Eight years after the tragic Grenfell Tower blaze, the cladding crisis nightmare continues, leaving countless residents in limbo, a Parliamentary committee reports. A scathing report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed the Government for failing to grasp the full scope of hazardous buildings, the staggering costs involved, […] Click here to view original…

Labour MP Uma Kumaran has said she is bombarded by horror stories from her constituents being trapped in buildings with dangerous cladding – eight years after the Grenfell fire Comments News Sophie Huskisson Political Correspondent People are still living in buildings with dangerous cladding – eight years after the […] Click here to view original…

The government is at risk of not delivering on its promise of remediating cladding on all buildings over 18 metres by 2029, The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has warned. As it stands up to 7,000 unsafe buildings are yet to be identified, and government has yet to […] Click here to view original…