Smoke billowing from the fire that engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London The government should take urgent action and fund the removal of dangerous flammable cladding, councillors in Islington have said. The demand is one on a list of 10 drawn up by the End Our Cladding […]Click here to view original web…

The post-Grenfell fire safety scandal will not be resolved by the proposed legislation (Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP) For Sophie Bichener, a new Bill promising to make leaseholders like her feel safe has done quite the opposite. “More months of endless worry lie ahead, with a blank cheque hanging […] Click here to view original…

Rules brought in after the Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people in 2017, mean surveyors are asking for evidence of an external wall survey called an EWS1 certificate. But many sellers find their building does not have one which can be a nightmare, according to Nicola Spencer, managing director […] Click here to view original…

Nova House in Slough has major issues with its fire cladding A building covered in fire cladding similar to that on Grenfell Tower has been deemed a “nightmare” by the leader of Slough Borough Council. The authority has been criticised for its failure to replace the cladding on Nova […] Click here to view original…

Robert Jenrick said the bill would help millions of homeowners Ministers have been accused of dishonesty by Conservative MPs after the government introduced new laws that would make flat owners liable for the costs of fireproofing dangerous tower blocks. Tory backbenchers have promised a fresh rebellion over the plight […] Click here to view original…

The cladding crisis has left about two million people unable to sell their homes A group of banks will pay for fire safety forms for high-rise buildings to be officially registered in an attempt to deal with the backlog of unsold homes created by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. […] Click here to view original…

The housing and communities secretary says it’s “not right” for leaseholders or taxpayers to foot the bill of “shoddy” building work as he is questioned over Grenfell-style cladding. Robert Jenrick told the BBC’s Andrew Marr a new law was being introduced allowing leaseholders 15 years to sue developers. Click here to view original web page…

Ella Harris, 4, is too young to count to £100,000. That is the bill her father, Matthew, 35, an NHS laboratory assistant, received to make their one-bedroom flat in Salford safe. It is more than he paid for their home. On Monday a new bill arrived, in parliament, promising […] Click here to view original…

Tom Hunt, MP for Ipswich, has penned a letter to the housing minister about St Francis Tower An MP has penned a scathing letter to a housing minister over the plight of residents living behind plastic sheeting at a tower block with unsafe cladding. Tom Hunt, Conservative MP for […] Click here to view original…

Robert Jenrick announces leaseholders have 15 years to sue developers who used ‘Grenfell-style’ cladding Homeowners in England and Wales will get 15 years to legally challenge shoddy building work in light of the cladding crisis, a minister has said. This would increase the current six-year period in which legal […] Click here to view original…

Tom Hunt, MP for Ipswich, has penned a letter to the housing minister about St Francis Tower An MP has penned a scathing letter to a housing minister over the plight of residents living behind plastic sheeting at a tower block with unsafe cladding. Tom Hunt, Conservative MP for […] Click here to view original…

A number of charities have found themselves in the position of holding residential property which is affected by fire safety issues, especially in relation to cladding, which are likely to prove expensive and difficult to resolve. In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tragedy, the Government has introduced a raft […] Click here to view original…