Cladding is removed from the side of Whitebean Court in Salford, Manchester. Photo: Andrew Yates/Rueters New reports have revealed that concern is mounting at the Bank of England (BoE) about the UK’s cladding scandal and the impact it could have on financial instability. The FT reported, citing three sources, […]Click here to view original web…

GETTY IMAGES The £15 billion (and counting) question is what Michael Gove will do about the scandal of dangerous homes. The new cabinet minister in charge of housing has orders from the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to find fresh solutions to the crisis that has trapped three million people […] Click here to view original…

Black Friday Sale £3 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited digital access. Ends soon. Subscribe now Making companies pay up and setting up an insurance scheme are possible solutions open to the housing secretary Michael Gove GETTY IMAGES The £15 billion (and counting) question is what Michael Gove will do […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has been asked whether tests were conducted on the same type of cladding used in Grenfell Tower years prior to the fire Ministers have been urged to reveal whether the type of cladding used at Grenfell Tower may have failed fire tests commissioned by the government more […] Click here to view original…

The sale of Sophie Grayling’s flat fell through after dangerous external cladding was discovered “It’s like a crippling depression where you can’t get up. My anxiety is really bad, some days I can’t leave the house.” Sophie Grayling, 28, bought a two-bed flat in Chelmsford, Essex just weeks after […] Click here to view original…

Plans have been submitted to remove cladding and combustible materials from two 12-storey blocks of residential flats in Northampton deemed a ‘fire safety risk’. PA Housing has submitted proposals to West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) this week to complete ‘essential’ fire safety work on the Newlife Apartment buildings in Northampton […] Click here to view original…

Enfield Town building said to have multiple problems but residents remain in dark, reports James Cracknell Chris Dey outside Tower Point, where the Conservative councillor lives Residents living in an Enfield Town tower block say they have been left waiting for over a year to find out what fire […] Click here to view original…

Cladding replacement work at Orwell Quay is due to take place in the new year. Inset, apartment buy-to-let leaseholder Terry Colthorpe and Ipswich MP Tom Hunt Work to replace “high-risk” Grenfell-style cladding at the Orwell Quay complex in Ipswich has been delayed until the new year. A recent letter […] Click here to view original…

Cladding fire safety issues have been debated in the Senedd today (24 November) after a cross party bid to urge action is taken. Campaigners argue that homes and livelihoods are still at risk because of unsafe cladding and many want it back on the Welsh Government’s agenda. Leaseholder, Mark […] Click here to view original…

Your say / Building Safety Crisis “I face losing my home, job and career all in one go.” “I can’t move, I can’t sell and the only solution I am able to see at the moment is suicide.” “Trapped in a building that I used to call my home”. […] Click here to view original…

In response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government brought into force new Building Regulations on 21 December 2018 banning all combustible materials in external walls of new high-rise buildings over 18 metres for certain residential applications. Furthermore there are still many high-risk residential buildings with some form of […] Click here to view original…

Southwark’s housing chief Stephanie Cryan said: ‘Funding is always piece-meal, we need a sustainable funding programme. It’s a small amount of money, and everyone is bidding. That’s not sustainable’ Cllr Stephanie Cryan Southwark Council has called on the government to help with the huge cost of the pilot surveys […] Click here to view original…