Gove defeats railway pension fund in cladding battle

36 minutes The government has won a legal battle against a property owner that has failed to replaced dangerous cladding on its high-rise residential buildings. Vista Tower in Stevenage [as seen on Google Streetview] Grey GR, ultimately owned by Railpen, a scheme that manages £34bn in railway pension assets, […] Click here to view original…

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Work to replace materials in Runcorn apartment blocks under way

Work is under way to replace unsafe building materials in six apartment blocks in Runcorn (Image: Supplied) WORK has commenced to replace unsafe and flammable building material in six different Runcorn apartment blocks. The remediation at The Deck is part of a national programme following the 2017 Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…

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Scandal of the cladding victims left homeless

Since Grenfell more than 15,000 people have been ordered to leave their unsafe homes. Many are living half-lives in hostels — and still paying the mortgage Fozia Malik and the family of Jesse Mikkelsen, five, are among those made homeless while they wait for their homes to be fixed. […] Click here to view original…

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‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding

Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…

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Firms secure a spot on vital £20m fire safety framework

A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major eight-figure framework aimed at safeguarding social housing and public buildings and their occupiers. This follows a competitive process conducted by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) to invite a pool of businesses to tender for a place on […] Click here to view original…

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‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding

Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…

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‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding

Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…

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