Michael Gove, the housing and levelling-up secretary, is expected to announce the creation of a £4 billion fund to help owners in blocks between 11m and 18m high to remove cladding Michael Gove, the housing and levelling-up secretary, is expected to announce the creation of a £4 billion fund […]Click here to view original web…

Abhijeet Kadwe and his family live in a Finnieston, Glasgow apartment covered in cladding similar to that used on the Grenfell Tower Scots living in flats with potentially deadly cladding called for urgent action yesterday after it emerged developers in England will be asked pay for remedial action costing […] Click here to view original…

THE INDEPENDENT Standards and Regulation Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has nailed its colours firmly to the mast in the public interest in the form of new guidance issued to valuers on the subject of cladding. The news comes as property professionals and industry commentators […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove Ministers have been urged to go further in helping flat owners remove dangerous cladding after plans emerged to pressure developers to cover works costing up to £4 billion. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce that leaseholders in buildings between 11 and […] Click here to view original…

It emerged after the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that three million people were living in unsafe or unsellable homes Michael Gove will announce action tomorrow on developers who have profited from building unsafe homes, warning: “We are coming for you.” The housing secretary has drafted in a team of […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove is expected to announce flat owners will not have to bear the cost of removing dangerous cladding under new government plans. The Housing Secretary is set to make a statement on Monday on a new package of measures intended to “reset” the Government approach to the cost […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove, the housing and levelling-up secretary, is expected to announce the creation of a £4 billion fund to help owners in blocks between 11m and 18m high to remove cladding It is almost five years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy claimed 72 lives, and more than a year […] Click here to view original…

It emerged after the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that three million people were living in unsafe or unsellable homes Michael Gove will announce action tomorrow on developers who have profited from building unsafe homes, warning: “We are coming for you.” The housing secretary has drafted in a team of […] Click here to view original…

Homeowners trapped in flats in high-rise buildings covered in cladding could soon be spared from huge bills by an impending Government “reset”. But campaigners have warned the plans will fail to protect leaseholders from hefty costs. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce that flat owners in […] Click here to view original…

Campaigners welcome the changes but say they still don’t go far enough (Picture: PA/Getty Images) 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 seems set on pressuring […] Click here to view original…

The tragedy brought the problem of dangerous cladding into the spotlight (PA) The Grenfell Tower tragedy of 14 June 2017 turned cladding into a nightmare for thousands of families across the UK. Millions of people found that they were living in buildings covered in substances now regarded as presenting […] Click here to view original…

Ministers have been urged to go further in helping flat owners remove dangerous cladding after plans emerged to pressure developers to cover works costing up to £4 billion. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce that leaseholders in buildings between 11 and 18 metres […] Click here to view original…