Housing developers will be working alongside ministers to ensure properties are safe. Delays to removing risky cladding from buildings in Scotland are a “dangerous waste of time and money”, Labour has said. The party claims the budget for removal work is worse off by £10m as a result of […]Click here to view original web…

Housing developers will be working alongside ministers to ensure properties are safe. Delays to removing risky cladding from buildings in Scotland are a “dangerous waste of time and money”, Labour has said. The party claims the budget for removal work is worse off by £10m as a result of […] Click here to view original…

Miriam Webber Owners of apartments built with the combustible cladding responsible for the 2017 Grenfell tower fire say the territory government has been too slow to respond, with many forced to act before assistance has been offered. Click here to view original web page at www.canberratimes.com.au

The party claims the budget for removal work is worse off by £10 million as a result of what it called “dithering and inaction”. The Scottish Government announced on Thursday that it will be expanding the country’s assessment programme for cladding on high-rise buildings, with housing developers working alongside […] Click here to view original…

There were 72 people killed due to the Grenfell tragedy Delays in removing unsafe cladding from buildings in Scotland are a “dangerous waste of time and money”, it has been claimed. Scottish Labour said the budget for removal work was worse off by £10 million as a result of […] Click here to view original…

It emerged earlier this that internal wall linings will be removed from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital because they may present a fire risk THE builders of Glasgow’s flawed £842million super-hospital have withdrawn from discussions about faulty cladding that could pose a fire risk, according to official documents. NHS […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Welsh government minister Julie James says she is “disappointed” at the UK government’s “England-only” approach The Welsh government should focus on its own response to the cladding crisis, rather than political rows with Westminster, campaigners have said. In England about 40 construction firms have signed a UK […] Click here to view original…

Delays to removing risky cladding from buildings in Scotland are a “dangerous waste of time and money”, Labour has said. The party claims the budget for removal work is worse off by £10 million as a result of what it called “dithering and inaction”. The Scottish Government announced on […] Click here to view original…

Thousands of people like Rachael Loftus who bought flats across Greater Manchester and beyond have been hit by huge bills to fix a problem not of their making. Manchester’s skyline has changed dramatically in recent years. Shiny new high-rise apartments spring up on an almost weekly basis, attracting a […] Click here to view original…

Some of the country’s largest housing developers have agreed to work with the Scottish Government and others to address cladding issues, amid fresh calls for a UK-wide approach to building safety. Under the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord, developers will be expected to fund works to properties they built to […] Click here to view original…

10 minutes The Scottish government has announced an expansion of its programme for addressing post-Grenfell cladding issues. It said that some of the country’s largest housing developers have agreed to work with the Scottish Government and others to address cladding issues, giving affected homeowners a clear path to ensuring […] Click here to view original…

Following the Grenfell Tower disaster, we have seen changes to how cladding is regulated in Scotland. The most recent change comes into force on 1 June 2022 in terms of the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022. The Grenfell Tower disaster changed the lives of local residents and their families […] Click here to view original…