ore than half a million people in Britain are still at risk from unsafe cladding at their homes five years after the Grenfell Tower fire.
More than half a million people in Britain are still at risk from unsafe cladding at their homes five years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Seventy-two men, women and children died when a blaze broke out at an apartment block in West London. It was the worst residential fire […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding inspection work to begin on four Harold Wood blocks
L&Q has confirmed it will carry out inspections on four blocks in Kings Park Estate this summer Cladding inspections into four tower blocks on a Harold Wood estate have been made a priority, with findings expected by September. Housing association L&Q, which manages several buildings on the Kings Park […] Click here to view original…
‘Profit over safety is leading cladding costs to sky rocket after Grenfell as flat owners quoted £174,000 each for repairs’
Campaigners fear hundreds of thousands of people continue to live in “death traps” similar to the Grenfell Tower Survivors and bereaved families of the Grenfell Tower fire have accused the construction industry of profiteering from their grief five years on, after data shows some companies are charging far in […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell five years on: Cladding scandal still haunts thousands across UK
At least 10,000 buildings are still covered in the flammable cladding at the centre of the Grenfell disaster. Five years later, what are the options for residents? Residents at The City Gate building in Manchester have been affected by the cladding scandal. Image: Twitter @City_Gate_Mcr Five years after the […] Click here to view original…
Scotland confirms £900m remediation funding gap for dangerous cladding
Scotland is facing a £900m shortfall in the rush to identify and remediate dangerous cladding across its homes, schools and hospitals. The Scottish Government has so far received £97.1m to remediate dangerous buildings of cladding, via the Barnett Formula which determines payments from Westminster to the devolved governments. However, […] Click here to view original…
DLUHC ‘must do more’ to protect residents, Gove admits five years after Grenfell fire
Forever in our hearts support banner on the Grenfell Tower. Photo: Alex Danila/Alamy. Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has admitted his department “must do more” to help people living in dangerous flats due to fire safety failures. Some 640,000 people, many children, are still living in unsafe flats which […] Click here to view original…
NSW buildings still lined with combustible cladding five years after deadly Grenfell Tower fire
The tragedy sparked worldwide bans on the combustible material and 18 months ago the NSW government launched a project to fix the issue. In 2017, 72 people were killed in a highrise fire fuelled by combustible cladding. (9News) Under Project Remediate, it offered ten-year, interest-free loans to residential apartment […] Click here to view original…
What is cladding and why was it used in so many buildings?
Some buildings still have the same dangerous cladding in place that Grenfell Tower did (Picture: It’s been five years since the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. The tragedy, which killed 72 people and impacted countless more lives, made public the issue of unsafe, highly-flammable cladding attached to high-rise […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell fire: Five years on, are London blocks safer and how many still have flammable cladding?
Five years ago this week, 72 people died in a catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in west London — one of the UK’s worst modern disasters. In the wake of the 2017 tragedy, it emerged that the type of cladding which fuelled the fire’s spread had been used on […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Anniversary: London Mayor says lessons haven’t been learnt
Five years on from the Grenfell Tower fire Last updated 48 minutes ago Today marks the five year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017 in North Kensington, which killed 72 people. Our reporter Josh Kerr discussed the incident with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who says […] Click here to view original…
Combustible cladding remains in Sydney as UK marks five years since Grenfell disaster
Combustible cladding remains in Sydney buildings as the UK today marked five years since the material caused a deadly high-rise fire. Queensland residents protest car park parking fines Dog owners warned of potentially deadly killer Driver pleads guilty to causing and fleeing Adelaide crash CCTV shows Brisbane home and […] Click here to view original…
Reading and Slough buildings still having unsafe cladding removed five years after Grenfell Fire
Cladding like that on Grenfell Tower is still on buildings in Berkshire Work continues to remove ‘unsafe’ cladding from buildings in two Berkshire towns – five years on from the Grenfell Fire tragedy. The inferno, on June 14, 2017, left 72 people dead after the blaze ripped through a […] Click here to view original…