The Building Safety Bill is currently before parliament, but do residents think it’s a viable solution to the cladding crisis? Manchester Cladiators represent nearly 2,000 affected Greater Manchester leaseholders from over 100 buildings. MM spoke to Giles Grover, from Manchester Cladiators, about their ongoing campaign work for leaseholders in […]Click here to view original web…

Kyle Taylor learnt that his block of flats at The Exchange in Bermondsey was clad in ACM panels in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy P aul Ridge is at the sharp end of the legal battle to win justice for the many victims of the Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…

The government is currently considering an amendment to the Building Safety Bill, known as the “Polluter Pays” Bill, to place the burden of remediation costs on the construction industry. The “Polluter Pays” Bill uses the same principle as the law for contaminated land and would allow the government to […] Click here to view original…

A fire patrol warden employed in the wake of the Grenfell disaster has been sacked over harassment complaints from female residents. The warden was dismissed following allegations that he had stalked women, entered their flats and made ‘declarations of love’ towards them. It is the most damning example yet […] Click here to view original…

GETTY IMAGES Freedom, it turns out, is not here for almost two thirds of the three million people trapped in flats they cannot sell. Despite an announcement to parliament by Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, last month that smaller blocks should no longer need external wall system (EWS1) forms, […] Click here to view original…

London: Smoke billows from high rise flats opposite Grenfell Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd […] Click here to view original…

Getty Images People buying flats in buildings lower than 18m (59ft) in England will no longer have to provide safety details on external walls to get a mortgage, the government has said. Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds welcomed the change, and said it should pave the way for updated industry […] Click here to view original…

Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan accepted £20,000 in donations from property developer shamed over its failure to remove dangerous cladding Rosena Allin-Khan received three large donations from Henley Homes last year These included £5,000 for her failed bid to be deputy leader of the Labour party The property developer was […] Click here to view original…

Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan accepted £20,000 in donations from property developer shamed over its failure to remove dangerous cladding Rosena Allin-Khan received three large donations from Henley Homes last year These included £5,000 for her failed bid to be deputy leader of the Labour party The property developer was […] Click here to view original…

Over 300 Help to Buy homes and other equity loan properties are in buildings over 18m tall that have dangerous cladding, a freedom of information request has revealed. There were 310 homes facing this risk at the end of June 2020, according to Homes England, the government agency which […] Click here to view original…

Victims of the cladding scandal fear imminent bankruptcy after receiving letters stating repair bills of more than £100,000 were overdue. Residents of Vista Tower in Stevenage were shocked when letters dropped on their door mats this week stating huge payments had been due on July 1. An accompanying note […] Click here to view original…

A Labour frontbencher accepted £20,000 in donations from a property developer shamed over its failure to remove dangerous cladding. Rosena Allin-Khan has received three large donations from Henley Homes since January last year – including £5,000 for her failed bid to be deputy leader of the party. The property […] Click here to view original…