Groups take ‘polluter pays’ message to Tory conference, as a leaseholder’s suicide is reported 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell fire in June 2017 The Bishop of Manchester has criticised the construction industry for lobbying and making political donations in the wake of the Grenfell fire. David […]Click here to view original web…

Protesters from Leaseholders Together at rally in Parliament Square – Credit: Kirsty O’Connor/PA If the prime minister doesn’t care about cancer outcomes, what hope have we that he cares about the building and fire safety scandal? The number of residents impacted by the cladding and fire safety scandal continues […] Click here to view original…

The Labour Party is calling for “sustained investment” in public services that could help resolve the building safety crisis and prevent it from continuing in new buildings. Labour has made its move through the passing of a motion at the political party’s annual conference, which took place in Brighton […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower should stay stilll, standing, as long as it’s safe to have it there (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Housing is at the centre of today’s political conversation. The electorate is acutely aware of the housing crisis, and is demanding sincere policies to solve it. At the Conservative […] Click here to view original…

Campaigners have written to the new Housing Secretary following reports that the crisis played a “significant” part in a Leeds man’s death, after he took his own life Last updated 2 hours ago A Leaseholder in Leeds, is calling on government to find solutions for the people impacted by […] Click here to view original…

The Labour Party is calling for “sustained investment” in public services that could help resolve the building safety crisis and prevent it from continuing in new buildings. Labour has made its move through the passing of a motion at the political party’s annual conference, which took place in Brighton […] Click here to view original…

The five-storey building is under 18 metres tall, so none of the costs will be covered by the Government’s £5 billion bailout (Pictures: MyLondon/BPM) Frontline workers living in a south London flat block are facing a crippling £2.6 million bill to fix fire-safety issues despite owning a fraction of […] Click here to view original…

Clarke said he was posting the video , filmed from his garden on the night of the fire in June 2017, as a ‘difficult and painful reminder’ there must be justice for the 72 people who died in the blaze as well as those still living in unsafe buildings. […] Click here to view original…

The rapid spread of fire through a cladding system in a block in Milan brought back shocking memories of the Grenfell Tower fire. Peter Apps asks what we can learn from this fire and finds out what happened next The Torre del Moro fire in Milan in August (picture: […] Click here to view original…

Tom Mansell, 37 was remembered as a ‘cheerful’, ‘caring’ and ‘compassionate’ man The cladding scandal was a ‘significant factor’ in the suicide of a young property entrepreneur, a friend of the victim has said. Tom Mansell, 37, faced six-figure bills to cover rising insurance premiums and replace unsafe cladding […] Click here to view original…

The commissioner of the London Fire Brigade has said he is ‘extremely concerned’ by an increase in the number of buildings failing fire safety tests Andy Roe, head of the UK’s second largest fire service, called for ‘urgent change in the building industry’ as the number of unremediated London […] Click here to view original…

THE LABOUR Party has backed action in relation to the building safety crisis that has arisen since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, calling for “sustained investment” in public services that could help resolve the crisis and prevent it from continuing in new buildings. Labour has made its move through the […] Click here to view original…