By Q Radio News A new £1million fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise flats has launched today. Management companies, acting on behalf of residents who live in buildings over 18 metres high, can apply for the cash. The money is aimed at removing unsafe aluminium composite material from […]Click here to view original web…

Victims of the cladding scandal, clockwise from top left: Yasmin Hill, Alex Fisher and Stephanie. Home ownership is meant to bring security and prosperity. However, for leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal that erupted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, this simple concept has been destroyed. Safety […] Click here to view original…

EXCLUSIVE The aftermath of the Milan tower block fire. Photo: Federico Fermeglia/Alamy When combustible cladding caught fire on a tower block in Milan in August none of the residents was killed – in stark contrast to the Grenfell tragedy. But just as in Grenfell, the survivors of the fire […] Click here to view original…

The Scottish Government has released a report on the use of external high pressure laminate (HPL) cladding system across a number of sectors in Scotland. Following a data collection exercise involving both residential and non-residential buildings, it was found that a total of 393 buildings had external HPL cladding […] Click here to view original…

By Joanne Faulkner (September 20, 2021, 5:33 PM BST) — House building giant Taylor Wimpey sued a contractor to recoup almost £5 million it has ponied up to remove Grenfell-style cladding from six tower blocks that do not meet statutory fire-safety standards. Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd. accused contractor Tamdown […] Click here to view original…

LFB ‘closed-minded and parochial’ before Grenfell and ‘unable to cope’ with emergency beyond normal fire, lawyers for community say Housing association removes gas from all tower blocks Planning shake-up ‘paused’ as Gove takes charge, say reports The Week in Housing: Gove could tear us apart (again) Grenfell Tower Inquiry […] Click here to view original…

Planning shake-up ‘paused’ as Gove takes charge, say reports The Week in Housing: Gove could tear us apart (again) Grenfell Tower Inquiry diary week 47: ‘an unedifying spectacle’ Government reopens Waking Watch Relief Fund with additional £5m Conservative rebels will push three cladding amendments to building safety legislation Cladding […] Click here to view original…

The Scottish Government has released a report on the use of external high pressure laminate (HPL) cladding system across a number of sectors in Scotland. Following a data collection exercise involving both residential and non-residential buildings, it was found that a total of 393 buildings had external HPL cladding […] Click here to view original…

See all 9 photos TWO tower blocks in Poole have finally been stripped of all the unsafe cladding as part of ongoing remedial works. More than four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the removal of non-compliant cladding on council-owned Sterte Court has been completed. However, removing the […] Click here to view original…

The UK government has set aside more than £5 billion to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise flats in England and Wales, while in Scotland about £450m The post-Grenfell cladding crisis threatens to engulf hundreds of buildings, including plush waterside properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow, that have been insulated with […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove will preside over the new Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove has been told by Boris Johnson to find a new solution to the cladding scandal, which has left homeowners facing crippling bills to remove dangerous materials from their flats. The new cabinet minister […] Click here to view original…

Ministers have lost almost half a million pounds on the sale of just 36 flats affected by the cladding crisis, The Telegraph can disclose. Official figures obtained by this newspaper show that the Government lost £476,410 as a result of the drop in value of three dozen homes constructed […] Click here to view original…