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A gambling addict pretended to be his ex-colleague to earn thousands signing off fraudulent building cladding forms. Thomas Clarke tried to certify dozens of EWS1 forms meant to show lenders that the cladding on high rise buildings met appropriate standards. The forms were part of measures brought in to […]Click here to view original web…
Property manager who faked cladding safety forms gets suspended jail sentence after LBC investigation
Clarke has been given a suspended sentence. A property manager who submitted fake building cladding safety forms has been given a suspended sentence. Thomas Clarke made £6,000 to fund his gambling addiction, by faking an ex-colleague’s signature on crucial fire-safety documents. Two years ago, LBC revealed that leaseholders in […] Click here to view original…
Merseyside property boss forged cladding safety forms to feed gambling addiction
Thomas Clarke made £6,000 from the fraudulently completed documents which certified their buildings were not potential fire risks. A property manager who submitted fake building cladding safety forms to feed his gambling addiction has walked free from court. Thomas Clarke, 33, fraudulently completed the documents which certified their buildings […] Click here to view original…
Protecting leaseholders and building safety are a priority in new statement from Simon Clarke
In a new statement from the government, Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke has set out his commitment to building safety and protecting leaseholders New levelling up secretary Simon Clarke has set out his commitments to taking action on building safety and protecting leaseholders via the Department for Levelling Up, […] Click here to view original…
Man fraudulently signed building cladding safety forms
Liverpool Crown Court A MAN who fraudulently signed building cladding safety forms has been sentenced in court. Detectives have welcomed the sentencing of Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, following a large-scale investigation. Clarke, of Knowsley Lane, Knowsley Village, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and was sentenced on Wednesday, September […] Click here to view original…
Government-backed PI scheme for EWS1 assessors launched
A new professional indemnity (PI) insurance scheme aimed at EWS1 assessors, and backed by the government, has been launched. The new scheme is the result of a collaboration between the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), and insurers MGAM, SCOR and Aon. It has been launched in […] Click here to view original…
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People living in homes caught up in the cladding scandal are calling on the Government to force developers to make their buildings safe as they accuse housebuilders of “delaying tactics”. Leaseholders across the country say work to fix fire safety defects in their buildings is yet to begin or […] Click here to view original…
‘Stop housebuilder delaying tactics’: Cladding victims urge government as developers fail to sign contracts
Housebuilders are yet to sign a contract with the Government almost six months after they agreed to a pledge to fix any dangerous buildings that they developed Charlotte Meehan is trapped living in a dangerous one-bedroom flat in Bow, East London (Photo: supplied) People living in homes caught up […] Click here to view original…
‘Immoral’ insurers are failing thousands of people trapped in flats, says new Housing Secretary Simon Clarke
The Housing Secretary has warned insurers they face a crackdown on “immoral” kickbacks after leaseholders in apartment blocks were hit with ruinous policy bills in the wake of the Grenfell fire. Writing in the Telegraph, Simon Clarke on Wednesday accused the industry of “appalling practices” that lacked transparency and […] Click here to view original…
A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape a fire at a tower block in Bristol.
A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape a fire at a tower block in Bristol. Emergency services were called to the blaze on the top floor of Twinnell House on Wills Drive, off Stapleton Road, in Easton, shortly […] Click here to view original…
Housebuilders’ exceptional costs could stick around
It’s been just over five years since a tower block fire in Kensington killed 72 people. The Grenfell tragedy prompted a reckoning in building standards in the UK that is still ongoing, and no clearer evidence of this can be found in listed housebuilders’ latest set of results. This […] Click here to view original…
Report sheds light on soaring insurance premiums for cladding-hit landlords
Insurers’ reluctance to cover buildings with flammable cladding has resulted in soaring premiums for affected leaseholders – including thousands of landlords – since the Grenfell tragedy, a new report has found. Buyers, including property managing agents and freeholders, are finding it more difficult to get insurance, according to t […] Click here to view original…