Welsh government urgently seeking clarification over cladding announcement
Welsh social tenants paid £4.2m in unlawful service charges following legislative error Fire brigade has only implemented four of 29 Grenfell Inquiry recommendations, says report New supply will suffer as sector picks up bill for fire safety works, housing associations warn The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has demonstrated the challenges […]Click here to view original web…
UK Government set to announce billions to help homeowners with cladding removal
The London tower tragedy is still being probed UK Government ministers are poised to announce billions of pounds of extra money to help homeowners tackle the cladding crisis. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is due make a Commons statement at lunchtime today, where he is expected to say a deal […] Click here to view original…
Government to ‘announce £5,000,000,000 grant’ to tackle cladding crisis
The measures come nearly four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster which caused the deaths of 72 people (Picture: PA) Ministers are today set to announce billions of pounds in funding to help tackle the cladding crisis in the UK. The measures come nearly four years after the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Persimmon sets aside £75m for cladding remediation on its buildings
One in six cladding leaseholders exploring bankruptcy options, survey reveals How the cladding scandal is affecting people on the government’s Help to Buy scheme Making the decision to be out at work Leaseholders feel ‘more trapped’ in blocks with cladding because of Help to Buy loans Jenrick poised to […] Click here to view original…
MPs and mayors criticise Robert Jenrick’s £3.5 billion cladding crisis funding
MPs across the House have criticised Robert Jenrick after he announced £3.5 billion would be put towards ending England’s cladding crisis. The housing secretary told the Commons on Wednesday that leaseholders in high-rise blocks would no longer face costs for cladding remediation work. He also said that people in […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders ‘betrayed’ by £3.5bn cladding fund, say campaigners and MPs
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has demonstrated the challenges the new building materials regulator will face New supply will suffer as sector picks up bill for fire safety works, housing associations warn Grenfell cladding firm didn’t withdraw ACM for ‘commercial’ reasons, inquiry hears There was an unpleasent echo of history […] Click here to view original…
Southampton flat owner says cladding fears ‘keep me awake at night’
Natasha Letchford, 29, with her partner Jake Ellis, 30 A SOUTHAMPTON flat-owner says she has been struggling with panic attacks and anxiety over not knowing when flammable insulation will be removed from her home. Natasha Letchford, who owns a sixth-floor flat at Empire View near to Southampton Central train […] Click here to view original…
UK govt to pay more on flammable cladding
The UK government has pledged to remove unsafe cladding from high rise buildings. Credit: EPA The UK government says it will spend an additional 3.5 billion pounds ($A6.3 billion) to remove dangerous cladding on high-rise residential buildings, more than three years after flammable cladding was blamed for a deadly […] Click here to view original…
Arconic sales manager knew Grenfell cladding would burn, inquiry hears
The sales executive who sold combustible cladding to the Grenfell Tower refurbishment knew that it was unsafe to use on high rise buildings, the inquiry has heard. Former Arconic sales manager Deborah French sent an internal email in 2013 warning of the dangers of using aluminium composite cladding (ACM) […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Residents fearing bankruptcy and fire ‘bitterly betrayed’ by government
Residents living in fear of bankruptcy and fire say they feel “bitterly betrayed” by the government after £3.5 billion was put towards ending England’s cladding crisis. The support measures announced by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in the Commons on Wednesday were described as “disappointing” by campaigners. Labour has previously […] Click here to view original…
Extra £3.5bn to replace unsafe cladding on flats four years after Grenfell Tower disaster
The government faces a backlash from Tory MPs despite agreeing to pay an extra £3.5 billion to remove cladding from hundreds of thousands of unsafe high-rise flats. Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, announced that the government would pay to strip flammable cladding from all tower blocks that are higher […] Click here to view original…
UK govt to pay more on flammable cladding
The UK government has pledged to remove unsafe cladding from high rise buildings. The UK government says it will spend an additional 3.5 billion pounds ($A6.3 billion) to remove dangerous cladding on high-rise residential buildings, more than three years after flammable cladding was blamed for a deadly tower block […] Click here to view original…