It’s time to end ‘merry-go-round of buck-passing’ over cladding scandal: Greg Wright
Whitehall’s spending watchdog said a target date must be set for work to make thousands of buildings covered in dangerous cladding safe for residents. Up to 7,229 buildings across England are yet to be identified and some might never be, the National Audit Office (NAO) said, as it warned […]Click here to view original web…
Uncertainty clouds cladding remediation, says watchdog
0 There’s no quick end in sight for the residents of homes wrapped in dangerous cladding, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), with hundreds of thousands having no idea when their building will be made safe. As if that’s not bad enough, the scale of the problem is […] Click here to view original…
Southampton Itchen: Unsafe cladding works barely started
Darren Paffey says that the report “isn’t a surprise.” (Image: NQ) A Southampton MP has spoken out against the lack of work to remedy buildings with unsafe cladding in his constituency. Southampton Itchen MP Darren Paffey said he is not surprised that a report from the National Audit Office […] Click here to view original…
UK government review outlines slow cladding remediation efforts, highlights funding and safety issues
Background on the cladding remediation programme and MHCLG’s role Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017, where 72 lives were lost, the UK government has committed to remediating unsafe cladding on residential buildings throughout England. A recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO) from the […] Click here to view original…
Dangerous cladding remediation faces delays in the UK
The NOA’s report follows the Grenfell Inquiry. Credit: richardjohnson via Shutterstock. The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding in the country remain unidentified, and remediation within the government’s portfolio is progressing slowly. The NAO’s first report on the UK […] Click here to view original…
Dangerous cladding remediation faces delays in the UK
The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding in the country remain unidentified, and remediation within the government’s portfolio is progressing slowly. The NAO’s first report on the UK government’s remediation portfolio since the consolidation of five programmes in 2023 […] Click here to view original…
Dangerous cladding requires government target
A new report from the National Audit Office has outlined how the government must publish a target date for the remediation of dangerous cladding. Alongside this recommendation, the NAO has also stated that the government must be more transparent with the performance of remediation works. The report is the […] Click here to view original…
Government slams ‘unacceptably slow’ cladding removal work
cladding More than half of the buildings with dangerous cladding have still not been identified, a major new report has found. The National Audit Office (NAO) says up to 60% of blocks over 11 metres high are still be scoped for removal of cladding. And it warns that the […] Click here to view original…
Government must publish a target date for cladding remediation – NAO
Next Article Chancellor Rachel Reeves earns £74,000 in rent as a landlord Related Articles Join the Fight for Justice: Support the Cladding Scandal Campaign Cladding scandal victims launch website and legal action 0:02 AM, 7th June 2024, About 5 months ago 1 Amendment to Cladding Bill may force landlords […] Click here to view original…
Cladding disaster will cost £16.6 billion, says National Audit Office. Million people stuck in dangerous homes. 2035 is end date for the debacle. Oh, and £500,000 has been stolen (so far)…
The National Audit Office has decided that it will cost £16.6 billon to sort the cladding crisis, and the misery will go on until 2035. Up to 60% of high-rise flats with cladding have yet to be identified, and “risks” -read, near certainty – that taxpayers’ contribution to the […] Click here to view original…
National Audit Office report on dangerous cladding confirms worst fears
London ffs tower block fire c Alamy The National Audit Office published its report, Dangerous cladding: the government’s remediation portfolio today, 4 November. The report shows that the cladding crisis is worse than expected, with more homes and other buildings still clad with flammable materials. Remediation is slow and […] Click here to view original…
Cost of fixing unsafe cladding soars to over £16bn
Spending watchdog warns cost to tax payers of dealing with the building fire safety crisis risks being higher than the planned £5.1bn cap The huge cost of widening the scope of buildings needing to fix fire safety problems beyond 18m tall to lower rise building of 11m height was […] Click here to view original…