Contractors undertake works at a residential property in Paddington, London, as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding (PA) D ozens of buildings in the UK still have the same type of cladding as Grenfell Tower almost five years after the disaster, new Government figures showed. […]Click here to view original web…

The Building Safety Bill is part of the Government’s plans to avert a repeat of the Grenfell Tower blaze in London, which killed 72 people in 2017 (PA) The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said Mr Gove spoke to senior executives from some of the UK’s […] Click here to view original…

Protesters from Leaseholders Together gather at rally in Parliament Square, Westminster in September. Four and half years after the Grenfell fire, a solution to part of the cladding crisis created in the aftermath of the tragedy has finally been proposed. On Monday, housing secretary Michael Gove said the government […] Click here to view original…

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has met developers to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said Mr Gove spoke to senior executives from some of the UK’s biggest developers about how to pay for […] Click here to view original…

FTSE 100 a touch below 7,500 to start the week UK housebuilders to foot the bill for cladding repairs S&P 500 continues run off loses to start year Markets Stocks are off to a sluggish start in Europe after a mixed bag in Asia overnight, following four straight days […] Click here to view original…

Thousands of flat owners could be spared the cost of removing dangerous cladding from buildings taller than 11 metres. Thousands of flat owners will be spared the cost of removing dangerous cladding from buildings taller than 11 metres, Government plans suggest. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell Tower in west London (Steve Parsons/PA) (PA Archive) The safety of high-rise buildings has been under the microscope since dozens of people lost their lives in the tragic Grenfell Tower blaze. The Government has now pledged to take fresh action to relieve the burden on leaseholders, who […] Click here to view original…

Cladding being removed from a tower block in Manchester Campaigners have urged Norway’s giant state investment fund to pressure cladding firms and builders to fix fire safety issues. Grenfell survivors and leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis called on Norges Bank to pull £5.7bn of funds from companies if […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell fire in June 2017 claimed the lives of 72 people Nearly five years after the Grenfell Tower fire, 40% of buildings in England with the same type of cladding have not been made safe, new figures show. The flammable cladding panels have been blamed for the rapid […] Click here to view original…

Nearly five years after the Grenfell Tower fire, 60% of buildings in England with the same type of cladding have have been made safe, new figures show. The flammable cladding panels have been blamed for the rapid spread of the 2017 London fire, which led to 72 deaths. In […] Click here to view original…

The Building Safety Bill is part of the Government’s plans to avert a repeat of the Grenfell Tower blaze in London, which killed 72 people in 2017 (PA) Communities Secretary Michael Gove is meeting with developers on Thursday to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and […] Click here to view original…

Communities Secretary Michael Gove is meeting with developers on Thursday to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) said. Mr Gove is expected to discuss how developers can work with the Government to help fix safety issues, including […] Click here to view original…