The government has announced new funding to allow for the removal of costly Waking Watch patrols currently being used in place of fire-safety measures in high-risk buildings amidst the cladding crisis. The £27 million funding will pay for the installation of fire alarm systems in buildings of all heights, […]Click here to view original web…

On 10th January 2022, the government revised its approach to building safety with a bold new plan to protect leaseholders and make developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis stemming from the Grenfell tower disaster. With the significant impact these changes could have on both developers and […] Click here to view original…

THE GRENFELL Tower disaster was caused by “individual private companies which were allowed to put profit before people”, while the tragedy “represents the culmination of a generation of central Government policies including deregulation and the ‘war’ on the culture of Health and Safety, privatisation, fragmentation, austerity and the degradation […] Click here to view original…

On Monday of this week, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Mulalley & Co. Ltd v Martlet Homes Ltd upholding the first instance decision of Pepperall J, that the Respondent be granted permission to amend its Particulars of Claim out of time pursuant to CPR 17.4(2). […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Six council-owned tower blocks in Thurrock had cladding removed last year Housing providers up and down the country have been removing potentially dangerous cladding in the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster which left 72 people dead. But in the Essex town of Grays, some residents in a […] Click here to view original…

Londoners affected by the building safety crisis are to receive additional support following an amendment to the Mayor of London’s draft GLA budget for the upcoming financial year. On Wednesday afternoon, members of the London Assembly agreed a formal amendment to the mayor’s draft budget that called for the […] Click here to view original…

‘This is going to go badly pear-shaped’: what will PAS 9980 mean for the building safety crisis? Residents successfully challenge waking watch notice in ‘first of its kind’ judgement Grenfell survivors call for ‘duty of candour’ and national body to oversee inquiry response January 2022 digital edition of Inside […] Click here to view original…

MUMS are putting kids in dressing gowns, mittens, and woolly hats to stay warm after cladding was removed from their tower block. Families say energy bills have soared and now they can’t afford to turn the heating up past 11C and rarely switch on the lights. Jane is forced […] Click here to view original…

‘This is going to go badly pear-shaped’: what will PAS 9980 mean for the building safety crisis? Residents successfully challenge waking watch notice in ‘first of its kind’ judgement Grenfell survivors call for ‘duty of candour’ and national body to oversee inquiry response January 2022 digital edition of Inside […] Click here to view original…

Jane, with her two children, says the family has to wear dressing gowns and mittens to stay warm Residents of a tower block stripped of its cladding in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy say they are “freezing” and are forced to wear dressing gowns to keep warm. Jane, […] Click here to view original…

Residents stay wrapped up all day Sam* is 10 months old. He spends most of his days wrapped up in mittens and a woolly hat. He’s at home all day. His older sister, Natasha, is three years old. She’s in a dressing gown. So is their mum, Jane. For […] Click here to view original…

A general view of Grenfell Tower Communities Secretary Michael Gove has met developers to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said Mr Gove spoke to senior executives from some of the UK’s biggest […] Click here to view original…