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Michael Gove says foreign firms duck cost of cladding crisis

By News Feed | 22 February 2022

Gove has threatened to punish developers that refuse to comply by forcing them out of the housing market Michael Gove has admitted that “egregious” cladding companies have found it easier to avoid paying for the costs of fixing the post-Grenfell building safety crisis because many of them are based […]Click here to view original web…

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Government knew in 2002 that Grenfell cladding should never have been used on high rises, inquiry hears

By News Feed | 21 February 2022

Michael Gove admitted on Monday that government must share responsibility for of fire safety regulations (PA) As far back as 2002, the UK government had all the evidence it needed to know that dangerous cladding used on Grenfell Tower should “never, ever” have been installed on tall buildings, an […] Click here to view original…

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Jeremy Clarkson urges fans to contact Michael Gove with his cladding solution over ‘staggering’ costs: ‘Get the government to pay for it’

By News Feed | 21 February 2022

Jeremy Clarkson wants people to email Micheal Gove (Picture: GC Images) Jeremy Clarkson wants people to email Housing Secretary Michael Gove with his ‘clever’ solution to the issue of insuring buildings with cladding, stating he ‘knows just how to fix it’. Writing in the Times , the former Top […] Click here to view original…

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Jeremy Clarkson shares impact of floods on home: ‘Our block was deluged’

By News Feed | 21 February 2022

JEREMY CLARKSON admitted he has all the answers to the cladding problem and urged Secretary of State Michael Gove, to take head of his suggestions. Matt Baker says Jeremy Clarkson has shown reality of farming Jeremy Clarkson , 61, admitted he still hasn’t got round to dealing with the […] Click here to view original…

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The Continuing Cladding Conundrum

By News Feed | 21 February 2022

Insights The Continuing Cladding Conundrum Market Insight 09 February 2022 09 February 2022 UK & Europe In our earlier update, we brought readers news that Gove had warned developers that they must pay to fix unsafe cladding in an open letter to the industry. More recently we explained that […] Click here to view original…

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Qatari developer could avoid paying into cladding fund

By News Feed | 21 February 2022

Campaigners have demanded action after the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 which killed 72 people The property arm of the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar is behind some of London’s most luxurious developments and is backed by one of the world’s richest nations. However, it could escape a government […] Click here to view original…

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Jeremy Clarkson: My flat’s got cladding and I know just how to fix it

By News Feed | 20 February 2022

Michael Gove should become our insurance man of last resort I remember well the morning of June 14, 2017. I woke up at about seven and heard on the radio that a giant fire was raging in a tower block in west London. So I sauntered in a bleary […] Click here to view original…

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One in five cladding scandal victims on medication or off work due to stress

By News Feed | 20 February 2022

Daniel and April Kennedy at their flat with their son, Elijah, three New research into the flat owners who can least afford the cladding scandal’s life-changing costs highlights just how much is at stake as the Building Safety Bill goes to the House of Lords tomorrow. The End Our […] Click here to view original…

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Lib Dems call for action over ‘utterly appalling’ cladding scandal

By News Feed | 20 February 2022

Sam Bennet and Jane Dodds Address Cladding Victims A public meeting was held on Saturday in Swansea Bay to demand action by the Welsh Government on the fire safety scandal. According to campaigners, people in Swansea affected by the cladding safety scandal are still facing bills of up to […] Click here to view original…

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Jeremy Clarkson: My flat’s got cladding and I know just how to fix it

By News Feed | 20 February 2022

Michael Gove should become our insurance man of last resort I remember well the morning of June 14, 2017. I woke up at about seven and heard on the radio that a giant fire was raging in a tower block in west London. So I sauntered in a bleary […] Click here to view original…

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One in five cladding scandal victims on medication or off work due to stress

By News Feed | 20 February 2022

Daniel and April Kennedy at their flat with their son, Elijah, three New research into the flat owners who can least afford the cladding scandal’s life-changing costs highlights just how much is at stake as the Building Safety Bill goes to the House of Lords tomorrow. The End Our […] Click here to view original…

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One in five cladding scandal victims on medication or off work due to stress

By News Feed | 20 February 2022

As the Building Safety Bill reaches its next stage, a survey highlights the ‘human rights’ cost of the crisis Daniel and April Kennedy at their flat with their son, Elijah, three New research into the flat owners who can least afford the cladding scandal’s life-changing costs highlights just how […] Click here to view original…