Help to Buy leaseholders living in blocks with dangerous cladding face additional barriers put in place by a government body that seems to be moving the goalposts. Jack Simpson investigates. Illustration by Ben Kirchner Sharelines When Victoria took out a Help to Buy loan back in June 2017, it […]Click here to view original web…

A Liverpool man has been charged with fraud, following an investigation into the misuse of forms designed to identify cladding fire risk. Merseyside Police said Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, of Knowsley Lane, Prescot, would appear in court on 3 August. A 19-month probe was triggered after residents of high-rise […] Click here to view original…

Fire at a high-rise block on Queensdale Crescent, Shepherd’s Bush. Credit: London Fire Brigade A block of flats that caught fire close to Grenfell Tower in West London was clad with unsafe materials identified by Kier earlier this year and due for removal, Construction News can reveal. Eight fire […] Click here to view original…

L-R: Julian Gibbs, Chu Man, John Cook, Cllr Carole Jones, Alex Dickin, Cllr Elizabeth Johnson. – Credit: Cladiators Last week saw the fifth anniversary of one of Britain’s worst disasters in modern times – the Grenfell Tower fire. It started with a fire in a fridge freezer on the […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, The man is due at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on 3 August A man has been charged after an investigation into fraudulent cladding safety forms in Merseyside. The man, of Knowsley Lane in Prescot, was charged with fraud by false representation relating to 88 forms in 2020, Merseyside […] Click here to view original…

Flats covered in cladding, like the above, need a certificate to prove to lenders that they are safe. A man has been charged after almost 100 residents in high-rise flats received ‘forged’ cladding safety forms certifying their building was not a potential fire risk. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, is […] Click here to view original…

A man has been named after being charged with fraud after a 19-month investigation into fraudulently signed cladding safety forms. The EWS1 safety forms were brought into place after the Grenfell disaster so residents could get their building’s cladding assessed for potential fire risk. The forms need a professional […] Click here to view original…

Terrified residents were forced to flee their homes on the 12th floor of a residential block near Grenfell Tower today after a fire broke out inside a flat that was believed to have been caused by an electric bike. One person was rushed to hospital to be treated for […] Click here to view original…

The forms were introduced after the Grenfell disaster. A man has been charged with fraud after dozens of cladding safety forms were signed off by an unauthorised person, Merseyside Police has said. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, of Prescot, has been charged with fraud and false representation. The force said […] Click here to view original…

The NSW Government’s Project Remediate, which sees eligible buildings with flammable cladding able to have the materials replaced, is still in a holding pattern, with not one of the 166 buildings registered for the scheme yet to be rectified. With last week marking five years since the Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…

The cladding scandal has left ‘accidental landlords’ at the sharp end of unaffordable mortgage rates Do you have an issue you need to put right? Which? is here to help get your consumer problems sorted. Back in March we were able to help Andy, a Nationwide mortgage customer whose […] Click here to view original…

As the move to identify and remove dangerous cladding on high-risk buildings continues across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire and the inquiry’s findings, the Scottish Government has identified a £900million shortfall to carry out remediation work. Identifying those buildings with potentially dangerous cladding is a key part […] Click here to view original…