blocks on Winterthur Way fail safety checks TWO more blocks of flats have failed cladding tests after The Gazette previously reported that seven blocks of flats in Basingstoke failed fire safety checks in just 12 months. Two further blocks that are 18 metres in height at Winterthur Way have […]Click here to view original web…

MK Council’s Progressive Alliance has hit back at the Government’s pledge to allocate £5bn to remove unsafe cladding across the country. Chancellor Rishi Sunak re-announced the funding last Wednesday, which will come from a 4% tax put on the top 30 property developers. Leaseholders criticised this, saying the amount […] Click here to view original…

Campaign group Ipswich Cladiators rally at Ipswich Waterfront. Chu Man at the rally. Homeowners who live in Ipswich properties which they say have been left worthless by the cladding scandal have held a rally on the waterfront. Downpours rained down on protesters on Saturday as they pushed the government […] Click here to view original…

A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000 signature milestone. This means it will receive an official response from the government; if the petition goes on to secure 100,000 signatures it may trigger a Parliamentary debate […] Click here to view original…

Nearly 30 tower blocks with combustible cladding are still being used to house UK troops, more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster that killed 72 people, the Ministry of Defence has admitted. Figures show that 755 MoD-run properties with sleeping accommodation in the UK are either fully […] Click here to view original…

Cladding being removed 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” […] Click here to view original…

Residents in Royal Artillery Quays in Thamesmead are among those who have had to pay for a waking watch Greenwich is among the London boroughs worst affected by the capital’s building safety crisis, with just two boroughs having more unsafe tower blocks. The London Fire Brigade revealed last month […] Click here to view original…

(Image: Emilie Boswell / SWNS) A Leeds flat owner says she feels “trapped” in a fire hazard apartment after being hit with a whopping £100,000 bill for cladding repairs. Emilie Boswell, 26, bought her dream £180,000 waterfront property in May 2018 and a fire safety report concluded there were […] Click here to view original…

Workmen remove the cladding from the facade of a block of flats (Aaron Chown/PA) A “comprehensive plan” is needed to help leaseholders in high-risk flats who have been left with bills running into the hundreds of thousands and flats that are worthless, ministers have been told. Labour former minister […] Click here to view original…

Watch Richard Payne’s report Homeowners facing huge bills to make their buildings safe following the Grenfell fire tragedy have applied fresh pressure on the Government to resolve the crisis. Speaking at a rally in Bristol, some warned they’ll be made bankrupt if they’re forced to pay rather than the […] Click here to view original…

Eileen Maxwell is in shock Pensioner Eileen Maxwell has been threatened with eviction after being caught up in Britain’s building cladding scandal. She is among 300,000 over-65s whose retirement dreams are in tatters because their flats failed fire safety checks after the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017. Flammable cladding […] Click here to view original…

People have gathered on College Green to protest against unsafe cladding Two protests have happening in Bristol this afternoon. The Bristol Cladding Action Group has held a rally at College Green in the city centre where residents have spoken about feeling trapped by unsafe cladding. Some have said they […] Click here to view original…