‘I feel guilty because I encouraged her’: leaseholders’ parents on the cladding scandal
Naomi Attar bought her first home when she was 31. Her mum, Fran Attar, helped her buy the one-bed new-build flat she moved into. Six years later, Naomi is facing sky-high bills and overwhelming stress due to unearthed safety issues with the property. ‘We were very excited,’ Fran told […]Click here to view original web…
Soldiers are still living in 27 high-rise tower blocks with combustible cladding, MPs are warned
Concerns have been raised that troops are being housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said 755 buildings with sleeping accommodation in the UK are either fully or partially covered in ‘combustible’ cladding. Of those, […] Click here to view original…
Thousands of military personnel living in tower blocks with unsafe cladding
Almost 2,500 military personnel at the UK’s nuclear deterrent base in Faslane are housed in tower blocks wrapped in unsafe cladding. Safety concerns have been raised after it emerged HMNB Clyde, known colloquially as Faslane, has 22 high-rise accommodation blocks that are wrapped in flammable material, more than four […] Click here to view original…
Paralysed man ‘a prisoner’ in first-floor flat after £100,000 ‘Grenfell bill’
Anthony Kerrane is trapped in a first-floor flat he can’t because the £100,000 bill has rendered it worthless (Picture: Getty) A former bus driver who was paralysed in a cycling accident is trapped ‘like a prisoner’ in a first-floor flat he can’t sell because of the cladding crisis . […] Click here to view original…
Scottish Government refuse to reveal location of buildings with deadly cladding
Scottish Government refuse to reveal location of buildings with deadly cladding 1 Sites of buildings with deadly combustible cladding will not be made public – in case they are set on fire. The Scottish Government is withholding the locations of tower blocks in Scotland which could be at risk […] Click here to view original…
New fears over cladding panels ‘as bad as Grenfell’
Unsafe cladding on residential buildings at Glasgow Harbour is being removed by Taylor Wimpey at an estimated cost of £30m. The work is expected to finish in 2023. An investigation into the use of a highly combustible cladding is being carried out after concerns were raised in Scotland. Housebuilders, […] Click here to view original…
Faslane buildings with flammable cladding prompt safety concerns from MP
Faslane has 22 of the 27 high-rise accommodation blocks on UK military bases which are either fully or partially clad in flammable material ALMOST 2,500 military personnel based at the home of the UK’s nuclear deterrent are housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding, new data reveals. Safety concerns […] Click here to view original…
Troops ‘still living in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding’
Cladding has been removed from buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire (Danny Lawson/PA) C oncerns have been raised that troops are being housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said 755 buildings with sleeping accommodation […] Click here to view original…
Hundreds of Royal Navy sailors in Portsmouth are housed in blocks with flammable cladding
Pictured: Image shows Able Seaman Connor Berry in the en-suite cabins in the junior rates accommodation, Falklands Block at HMS Nelson, HMNB Portsmouth, when it opened in February 2015. Picture: LA(Phot) Dan Rosenbaum About 200 personnel, housed in two blocks at HMS Nelson, are in accommodation covered by Grenfell-style […] Click here to view original…
Chancellor ringfences £5 billion in Budget for unsafe cladding removal
CHANCELLOR RISHI Sunak used the latest Budget to announce the Government’s £5 billion commitment to remove unsafe cladding from the highest risk buildings. Speaking in Parliament, the Chancellor stated that this sum will be partly funded by the Residential Property Developers Tax (to be levied on developers with profits […] Click here to view original…
More than 3,300 military personnel living in high-rises with flammable cladding
The Ministry of Defence said 22 of the 27 buildings are on the Faslane naval base on the Clyde. Almost 2,500 military personnel based at the home of the UK’s nuclear deterrent are housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding, new data reveals. Safety concerns have been raised after […] Click here to view original…
Only 14 grants from Government’s £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund paid out in London
The Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people / PA Wire O nly 14 grants from the Government’s £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund have been paid out in London, totalling less than £1.7 million. The fund was introduced in December 2020 to cover the cost of replacing waking watches […] Click here to view original…