Housing Secretary Michael Gove is vowing to “expose and pursue” firms responsible for safety problems caused by cladding, the BBC has learned. In a statement to MPs on Monday, he will pledge to ease the “unfair burden” placed on leaseholders by issues uncovered after the Grenfell fire. He will […]Click here to view original web…

Michael Gove is set to give property developers an Easter deadline to “do the right thing” in making safe buildings put at risk by cladding or face legal action to force them to do so, according to reports. The housing secretary is expected to tell MPs in a statement […] Click here to view original…

Cladding crisis 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, Michael Gove, the Housing Secretary, is expected to announce that leaseholders in buildings between […] 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 is expected to confirm the move – but he has been told to go further. Flat owners on the lower floors of high rise blocks will no longer have to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding , says the government. Millions of home owners face huge […] Click here to view original…

Alex Dickin at a previous Ipswich Cladiators rally. He called the latest news positive but insists more still needs to be done Campaigners in Ipswich have reacted positively to latest news that flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings but insist the […] Click here to view original…

Cladding campaign groups have welcomed the news. Ministers have been urged to go further in helping flat owners in England remove dangerous cladding – after plans emerged to pressure developers to cover works costing up to £4bn. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has been urged to do more to help flat owners remove dangerous cladding, after plans emerged to push developers to cover £4 billion worth of building work. In an apparent climbdown, the Housing Secretary is expected to announce that leaseholders in buildings between 11 and 18 metres […] Click here to view original…

Thousands more flat-owners could be spared the cost of removing dangerous cladding from their buildings under new government plans to coerce developers into shouldering the expense, according to a report. Currently only leaseholders in buildings taller than 18 metres – or those with at least six storeys – are […] 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…

Housing campaigners and MPs have cautiously welcomed plans to pressure developers to cover the cost of removing dangerous cladding from buildings taller than 11 metres, but warned they do not go far enough. In an apparent climbdown, the housing secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce that leaseholders in […] 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…