Michael Gove told MPs today that the burden of replacing dangerous cladding from millions of homes will be squarely placed on the dodgy developers and not leaseholders in the wake of the Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people. Almost 10,000 tower block still have ‘unsafe’ cladding as the country […]Click here to view original web…

There are still at least 9,790 tower blocks in England that are ‘unsafe’ due to dangerous cladding and other associated fire risks, according to government figures obtained exclusively by LBC. Just days away from the five year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Tragedy in which 72 people lost their […] Click here to view original…

Residents of buildings that have “fallen through the cracks” in relation to funding for the removal of dangerous cladding have called on the Government to pay for all of their costs. Ritu Saha, a 47-year-old university administrator, purchased the leasehold of a one-and-a-half bedroom flat in the Northpoint development […] Click here to view original…

Ritu Saha, 45, who is a resident of Northpoint in Bromley, which was found to have Grenfell-style cladding (photo: PA) Residents of buildings that have “fallen through the cracks” in relation to funding for the removal of dangerous cladding have called on the Government to pay for all of […] Click here to view original…

Residents of buildings that have “fallen through the cracks” in relation to funding for the removal of dangerous cladding have called on the Government to pay for all of their costs. Ritu Saha, a 47-year-old university administrator, purchased the leasehold of a one-and-a-half bedroom flat in the Northpoint development […] Click here to view original…

. Could Grenfell happen again? (Gurbuz Binici /Getty Images) Underneath the Westway flyover, in the shadow of Grenfell Tower, is the much-loved community hub, the Maxilla Social Club. Following the devastation of the Grenfell fire, in June 2017, which claimed the lives of 72 people, it became a collection […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has apologised to families of Grenfell Tower victims for the government being ‘too slow in acting’ and ‘behaving in a way which has been insensitive’. The levelling up secretary debated building safety in social housing with MPs today and said that ‘shortcuts were made’ and there were […] Click here to view original…

Jords, Croydon rapper performing at Gold and Ashes – Credit: Julia Gregory “Five years on, it’s important that people do not forget,” says photographer and filmmaker Feruza Afewerki. “This is about people who have lost their lives, lost their homes. “It could have been your family who died in […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove was unable to put a figure on the number of tower blocks that still have dangerous cladding when challenged on LBC this morning. Speaking to Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC, the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities was asked how many buildings still […] Click here to view original…

Almost a quarter of construction firms have lost jobs due to inadequate professional indemnity insurance (PII), with high premiums “disproportionally” affecting SMEs, a survey finds. The Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) second annual PI insurance survey found that 24 per cent of respondents had lost work, primarily due to restrictions […] Click here to view original…

Fire Brigades Union leader Matt Wrack has expressed disappointment at the Grenfell Inquiry (Clive Gee/PA) A firefighters’ leader has voiced frustration at the progress of the Grenfell Tower inquiry and said he is not hopeful that it will lead to significant change. Matt Wrack , general secretary of the […] Click here to view original…

Matt Wrack A firefighters’ leader has voiced frustration at the progress of the Grenfell Tower inquiry and said he is not hopeful that it will lead to significant change. Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), has been asking to give evidence to the inquiry on […] Click here to view original…