(2) WORK is underway to relocate the landing pad for medical helicopters in Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital to a new spot in a conservation area. Air ambulances will soon have to land on a grass patch by the Osler Road entrance to the Headington hospital instead of at the […]Click here to view original web…

(2) TEN privately-owned housing blocks across the BCP conurbation still have non-compliant cladding or insulation systems. While BCP Council leaders said the local authority is working with the responsible property owners, it would not confirm which residential buildings remained in breach of current regulations. More than three-and-a-half years on […] Click here to view original…

Make these homes safe Tulip Siddiq, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, writes: Grenfell was a tragedy so horrific, so devastating and so avoidable, that I think we all thought that any government would do whatever it takes to get rid of the flammable cladding that caused it. Far from […] Click here to view original…

Fire rips through Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a huge blaze on June 14, 2017 in west London. [DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images] Grenfell cladding manufacturer did not stop selling highly combustible panels despite being linked to a series of fires in the Middle East, because it […] Click here to view original…

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no costs for making them safe. This will involve new £3.5 billion public spending in England now, in addition to £1.6 billion pledged last year. There will also be […] Click here to view original…

PA Media The company that made Grenfell Tower’s cladding would “by default” sell flammable materials to construction projects, including high-rise buildings, a sales manager has said. Deborah French told the public inquiry into the June 2017 west London blaze that Arconic could have sold a fire-retardant product. But she […] Click here to view original…

Press reports say housing secretary also considering £2bn developer levy Housing secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to today announce £5bn of funding to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding on high rise buildings, amid growing clamour over the fate of homeowners trapped in dangerous and unsellable flats. The […] Click here to view original…

Persimmon said it had identified 26 buildings in its legacy development portfolio that require attention Persimmon will take a multimillion pound hit on costs associated with cladding safety issues that have been discovered since the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The housebuilder said it has made a £75m provision in its […] Click here to view original…

“I didn’t choose any cladding and now I’m going to be skint forever” Further funding towards the cost of removing unsafe cladding on buildings is expected to be announced by the government. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will make a statement to MPs shortly, but details of the plan are […] Click here to view original…

Slideshow ( 2 images ) LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would give an additional 3.5 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) to remove dangerous cladding on high-rise residential buildings, more than three years after flammable cladding was blamed for a deadly tower block fire in London. More than 70 people […] Click here to view original…

Matt Rodda, MP for Reading East READING East MP Matt Rodda talks this week about concerns around ‘dangerous cladding’. He writes; I had only been our MP for six days when I woke up to the news of the devastating fire that took place at Grenfell . I am […] Click here to view original…

In the wake of the Grenfell fire disaster, many homeowners have been left stuck with huge bills to make their properties safe. The government is stepping in with a helping hand. Robert Jenrick has introduced welcome reforms, but more needs to be done What’s the problem? The issue is […] Click here to view original…