Removal of unsafe cladding from buildings ‘too slow’, says Angela Rayner
The blaze at the flats on Freshwater Road, Dagenham, happened as the block was undergoing remedial works to remove ‘non-compliant’ cladding. Angela Rayner has called efforts to remove unsafe cladding from thousands of at-risk buildings “too slow” and said it was her job to ensure remaining works finished as […]Click here to view original web…
Grenfell Tower: Keir Starmer frustrated at pace of building safety works
Cladding works after Grenfell need to speed up – PM 1 day ago BBC News Watch: Starmer asked about Grenfell and unsafe cladding Sir Keir Starmer says he is “frustrated” at how long it is taking to deal with building safety and cladding, following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final […] Click here to view original…
Seven years after Grenfell disaster, thousands live in fear of cladding fire
Barrister Gemma Lindfield at the east London flat she is unable to sell because the block has dangerous cladding. Grenfell was an avoidable tragedy, the inquiry’s counsel said on the final day of hearings. Yet with the report into the blaze that claimed 72 lives due this week, residents […] Click here to view original…
Questions over cladding after fire at Dagenham flats brought under control
Firefighters spray water over the building in Dagenham FBU calls for urgent investigation into blaze in east London as another fire begins at tower in nearby Poplar A large fire that engulfed a block of flats in Dagenham has been brought under control with everyone accounted for, the London […] Click here to view original…
Rayner says unsafe cladding must be removed faster
Image source, Adam Durbin BBC News Published5 September 2024 Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said it is “not acceptable” that more than 2,000 buildings still need to have unsafe cladding removed. She vowed to put pressure on developers to carry out the works following the release of a damning […] Click here to view original…
Gove claims Treasury blocked his efforts to punish Grenfell cladding firms
Former housing secretary and Conservative MP Michael Gove has claimed that his efforts to restrict the import of products that were on Grenfell Tower were blocked by the Treasury. Former housing secretary Michael Gove (picture: Alamy) Sharelines Gove claims Treasury blocked his efforts to punish Grenfell cladding firms #UKhousing […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding firms should face prosecutions, says Michael Gove
England’s former housing secretary Michael Gove has said criminal prosecutions should be brought against Grenfell Tower cladding firms. The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry, published last week , said the west London tower block was covered in combustible products because of the “systematic dishonesty” of firms who made […] Click here to view original…
Contractor still sought for Cour du Parc cladding work
REPLACEMENT of cladding insulation at Cour du Parc may finally take place next year, if the right contractor is found. Cour du Parc. (Picture by Erin Vaudin, 33572314) It was confirmed in 2022 that the 10-storey building had been installed with Kingspan cladding about 10 years ago when the […] Click here to view original…
Gove says French and Irish government are sheltering cladding criminals from justice
5 minutes Former housing secretary Michael Gove has spoken out about his failed attempts to get Grenfell Tower materials suppliers to face the music. Michael Gove, the former secretary of state responsible for housing and local government Michael Gove said that he tried to get Arconic, Celotex and Kingspan […] Click here to view original…
Fears over cladding costs behind Bellway’s decision to drop Crest bid
Bellway first bid to take over the Surrey-headquartered developer in June, making an all-share offer valuing the company at £667 – 253p per share London-listed housebuilder Bellway has reportedly cited fears of Crest Nicholson’s costs to fix hazardous cladding as part of reasoning for pulling out of its £720m […] Click here to view original…
Cladding boss denies contributing to Grenfell disaster
Image caption, Claude Wehrle worked for cladding manufacturer Arconic Tom Symonds, Callum May, & Bruno Bolpaep in France BBC News Published5 September 2024 A cladding company boss heavily criticised by the Grenfell Tower inquiry has denied playing a part in the disaster. Claude Wehrle, the former head of the […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding money mostly spent on other things as Scottish Government admits safety crisis
-Credit: (Image: Natalie Oxford/AFP via Getty Images) Most of a £97million pot of cash given to it by Westminster to fix unsafe cladding after the Grenfell disaster has been spent on other things, the Scottish Government has admitted. Seven years on from the tragedy in London, which claimed the […] Click here to view original…