LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is partly to blame for the Grenfell fire which killed 72 people in 2017 as building regulations were deficient and could be exploited by developers in a way that was unsafe, housing minister Michael Gove said on Sunday. In June 2017, Grenfell Tower, […]Click here to view original web…

Builders in the UK will have six weeks to sign a government contract committing them to pay for upgrades of cladding in houses and apartment blocks, cabinet minister Michael Gove said. Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK live in buildings that were deemed a fire risk following […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has admitted ‘faulty and ambiguous’ Government guidance allowed the Grenfell Tower tragedy to happen. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary accepted the rules on flammable cladding were wrong before fire engulfed the west London tower block in June 2017, which killed 72 people. A public inquiry […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower. Michael Gove said lax regulation allowed cladding firms to ‘put people in danger to make a profit’. Michael Gove has admitted that “faulty and ambiguous” government guidance was partly responsible for the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The UK housing secretary said lax regulation allowed cladding firms to “put […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove is the first minister to acknowledge official failings over Grenfell, where 72 people died Michael Gove raised his son and daughter minutes from Grenfell Tower. Five days after the fire that destroyed the west London high rise, he returned, walking around its blackened husk. The remains of […] Click here to view original…

Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk. In June 2021, Charlotte Meehan received a safety inspection report for her block of flats as part of the nationwide checks after […] Click here to view original…

MICHAEL Gove has admitted bad government guidance was partly responsible for the Grenfell tragedy. Seventy two people died when fire engulfed the tower block in 2017. Gove said he expected the blame for the fire to be put on the Government, developers and cladding firms Credit: Getty Images – […] Click here to view original…

Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous The levelling-up secretary makes a remarkable admission today. Michael […] Click here to view original…

The Technology and Construction Court makes another [landmark] decision in the case against defective cladding. The judgment in the case of LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v George Downing Construction Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 3356 (TCC) is the second in cladding related claims. This case concerns fire safety (and […] Click here to view original…

Shaban Ali joins other residents of Bristol’s tower blocks as they gather for a vigil and march at Twinnell House to mark two months since the fatal fire Sprinklers will be fitted in all 62 Bristol City Council tower blocks and dangerous cladding removed as part of £97million of […] Click here to view original…

Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove leaving Downing Street Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, is closing in on a multibillion pound deal with Britain’s biggest housebuilders to help resolve the national cladding crisis exposed by the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster. Sky News has learnt that […] Click here to view original…

Sprinklers will be fitted in all 62 Bristol City Council tower blocks and dangerous cladding removed as part of £97million of fire safety measures, it has been revealed. The massive investment in the authority’s budget to make high-rise homes safe over the next 10 years is almost five times […] Click here to view original…