Lessons learned?
3 hours The final report of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, published in September, concluded that the product suppliers were greedy liars and everyone else involved was just incompetent. Over the following pages we consider the fallout from the inquiry. When Grenfell Tower in Kensington caught fire […]Click here to view original web…
An update on the remediation of dangerous cladding in England
This article was co-authored by Ciara Burrows, Trainee Solicitor and Abbie Law, Trainee Solicitor. A report from the National Audit Office has found that, seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there has been progress to the remediation of dangerous cladding on medium-rise buildings (11-18 metres). However, the […] Click here to view original…
My mortgage is over 8% because of my flat’s cladding. Can I get a cheaper deal?
Money Clinic A reader is wondering if there is a way to reduce their mortgage bill, which has gone by £300 People in flats with cladding can have problems getting a cheap mortgage deal (Getty/Cultura RF) Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related […] Click here to view original…
My mortgage is over 8% because of my flat’s cladding. Can I get a cheaper deal?
Money Clinic A reader is wondering if there is a way to reduce their mortgage bill, which has gone by £300 People in flats with cladding can have problems getting a cheap mortgage deal (Getty/Cultura RF) Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related […] Click here to view original…
My mortgage is over 8% because of my flat’s cladding. Can I get a cheaper deal?
Money Clinic A reader is wondering if there is a way to reduce their mortgage bill, which has gone by £300 People in flats with cladding can have problems getting a cheap mortgage deal (Getty/Cultura RF) Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related […] Click here to view original…
Budget sees funding to accelerate cladding remediation
NEWS Budget sees funding to accelerate cladding remediation PUBLISHED AUTHOR FPA Media SHARE The government will invest £1 billion for the removal of dangerous cladding following the findings of the Grenfell Inquiry, the Chancellor of Exchequer has said. Speaking about the government’s housing priorities during the Autumn Budget statement […] Click here to view original…
Too many buildings remain unsafe after Grenfell disaster, housing minister warns
A residential block in Colindale, north London, where work to remove unsafe cladding is incomplete. Statistics show that work is yet to begin on 2,415 buildings. Labour peer Wajid Khan told the House of Lords that remediation work is yet to start on about 50% of properties with unsafe […] Click here to view original…
Plans lodged to replace Grenfell-style cladding at Ipaxis flats in Ipswich’s Wolsey Street after management firm convicted for safety breaches
Grenfell-style cladding could be removed from a flats complex in Ipswich – just months after its management company was convicted for fire safety breaches. Steven Truman, from Cladding Consulting, has submitted plans to Ipswich Borough Council, seeking the installation of non-combustible cladding and insulation at the Ipaxis flats at […] Click here to view original…
Government should publish a target date for ending cladding remediation
20 Nov 24 Publishing a target date for the completion of dangerous cladding remediation works and providing greater transparency on remediation performance are two key recommendations arising from a new National Audit Office report . The NAO’s report follows the publication of the Grenfell Inquiry in September, which examined […] Click here to view original…
Cladding work to do be done on Ipswich Wolsey Street flats
An application has been submitted for cladding work Ipaxis flats in Ipswich (Image: Archant) An application has been submitted to do work at an Ipswich flats block where developers were previously fined for unsafe cladding. In July, Home from Home Property Management Ltd, and company director Edward Ottley were […] Click here to view original…
Thousands of new buildings found unsafe as UK flammable cladding crisis worsens
If anything confirms the fact that Britain’s ruling elite, as with their counterparts internationally, could not care less about the safely and lives of millions of working-class people, it is the Grenfell Tower inferno. Not only have the seven-year-long police investigation and a now completed public inquiry resulted in […] Click here to view original…
Government to miss cladding target
Protest by Barking Riverside residents after flammable building material caused a fire in a block of flats. Photo: Pete Mason Fight for safe homes for all – make the super-rich pay! Paul Kershaw, Unite housing workers branch and Socialist Party Since the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower in June […] Click here to view original…