Housebuilders and developers have long been in the firing line over the issue of unsafe cladding on buildings – and the question of who should pay for it. Recently, major firms have made voluntary pledges to fix the historical building problems. And, since the start of April, there is […]Click here to view original web…

Developers are being asked for another £4 billion to fix cladding issues nationwide in the aftermath of the Grenfell tragedy Developers have warned the government they will not be able to build as many affordable homes if it makes them cough up another £4 billion to fix dangerous cladding […] Click here to view original…

Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton had written to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf THE Scottish Government has said no hospital in the country has the type of cladding which was used on Grenfell Tower. It follows concerns raised by Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton about Edinburgh’s new Sick Kids Hospital. […] Click here to view original…

Flat owners across the country have been struggling with the mental health fallout of the building safety crisis. Last year, Which? surveyed more than 1,700 affected leaseholders via social media, and almost all respondents said the crisis had had a fairly negative or very negative effect on their wellbeing. […] Click here to view original…

In a letter to the Scottish Government, the party’s leader and Edinburgh Western MSP, Alex Cole-Hamilton , said any “question mark” over the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People’s safety was unacceptable. The Edinburgh facility has components in its cladding which were also used on Grenfell Tower , […] Click here to view original…

Humza Yousaf has been challenged to guarantee the new Sick Kids in Edinburgh is safe after claims that cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower has been installed at the hospital. Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has written to the health secretary to ask whether the cladding at […] Click here to view original…

Housebuilders Crest Nicholson and Taylor Wimpey have revealed further hefty bills after vowing to carry out more fire safety works on tall buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The firms are among those to sign up to the Government’s new Building Safety Pledge, which commits developers […] Click here to view original…

News Politics Urgent action to ensure a flagship children’s hospital’s cladding is safe for visitors, patients and staff must happen as soon as possible, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged. In a letter to the Scottish Government, the party’s leader and Edinburgh Western MSP, Alex Cole-Hamilton , said any […] Click here to view original…

Scottish Government to ban bring in tough flammable cladding ban ALL new residential and “high-risk” buildings above 11m in Scotland will be banned from using combustible materials, in tough new measures to be announced by the Scottish Government. The change to building regulations will mean rules here are far […] Click here to view original…

Many leaseholders have found it impossible to sell due to exposed fire safety defects A scheme for people worst affected by the post-Grenfell fire safety crisis to sell their flats to the Welsh government will open in June. The policy has been described as being for a “small number” […] Click here to view original…

SLOUGH 133619-11 Unsafe cladding on a block of flats in Slough has been removed but a number of significant defects are still being discovered on the building, a council meeting heard this week. Nova House is a seven-storey apartment block in Buckingham Gardens which failed a Government cladding safety […] Click here to view original…

Bellway has said that remediation work on cladding will cost it about £300 million (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Archive) Bellway , Countryside and Vistry have become the latest UK housing firms to book hefty costs and sign up to the UK Government’s fire-safety pledge in the wake of the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…