Thousands of blocks of flats still have dangerous cladding 7 years after Grenfell tragedy
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said it is ‘not acceptable’ that just 1,088 of 4,374 buildings with dangerous cladding have been fixed since the Grenfell Tower tragedy A string of failings led to the death of 72 people in Grenfell Tower ( Image: Getty Images) News Politics Football Celebs TV […]Click here to view original web…
Angela Rayner criticises pace of taking down unsafe cladding seven years after Grenfell fire
‘Greed had been put before safety’ The deputy prime minister has said she is unhappy with how long it is taking to remove unsafe cladding from buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire. Angela Rayner, who is also the housing secretary, said the government “has got to make sure that […] Click here to view original…
Actor whose own home has unsafe cladding hopes tragedy will not strike again
‘Allo ‘Allo! star Arthur Bostrom, who lives in an apartment with unsafe cladding and other fire safety issues, has said he hopes tragic incidents like the Grenfell Tower fire “won’t happen again”. A long-awaited report was released on Wednesday which stated that the devastating Grenfell Tower fire which killed […] Click here to view original…
Thousands of blocks of flats still have dangerous cladding 7 years after Grenfell tragedy
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said it is ‘not acceptable’ that just 1,088 of 4,374 buildings with dangerous cladding have been fixed since the Grenfell Tower tragedy A string of failings led to the death of 72 people in Grenfell Tower ( Image: Getty Images) News Politics Football Celebs TV […] Click here to view original…
It was identified when her building, the Timblebeck block, was inspected following
City flats with flammable cladding ‘still unsafe’ Rachael Loftus is a member of campaign group The Leeds Cladding Scandal People living in high-rise flats covered in flammable cladding said they were still waiting for their homes to be made safe – more than four years after they were told […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower: dozens of buildings across Yorkshire still covered in dangerous cladding seven years after deadly fire
There are still buildings in Yorkshire with the same flammable cladding as Grenfell Tower more than seven years after the tragedy, as the inquiry delivered its final damning assessment on the fire. In the report into the blaze which was published yesterday , the chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick found […] Click here to view original…
Ministers STILL don’t know how many buildings are wrapped in the same cladding as Grenfell – as interactive map reveals dangerous sites in YOUR area
Ministers still do not know how many buildings are wrapped in the same deadly cladding as Grenfell Tower, despite it being seven years since the disaster. The damning final report into the blaze that claimed 72 lives was published yesterday and revealed the building was covered in flammable materials […] Click here to view original…
How SNP ministers hope to ramp up replacing dangerous cladding despite £700k funding cut
SNP ministers hope to ramp up funding to replace dangerous cladding despite a £700,000 cut to its programme. SNP ministers have insisted they will not be “complacent” amid concerns over a lack of progress to replace dangerous cladding on more than 100 buildings in Scotland. The Scottish Government has […] Click here to view original…
City flats with flammable cladding ‘still unsafe’
Rachael Loftus is a member of campaign group The Leeds Cladding Scandal [BBC] People living in high-rise flats covered in flammable cladding said they were still waiting for their homes to be made safe – more than four years after they were told they were hazardous. Rachael Loftus moved […] Click here to view original…
Angela Rayner vows to speed up removal of Grenfell-style cladding
Angela Rayner has vowed to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding from UK buildings following the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report . The Housing Secretary said the pace of removal of cladding over the last seven years was “not acceptable”. She suggested Labour will make changes […] Click here to view original…
Executives responsible for unsafe Grenfell Tower cladding banked over £100million since deadly fire
EXECUTIVES at companies responsible for unsafe Grenfell Tower cladding have banked more than £100million since the fire claimed 72 lives. One has bought a seafront mansion and another drives a Bond-themed Aston Martin. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy […] Click here to view original…
Morello Quarter Basildon residents wait for cladding removal
Residents of Morello Quarter in Basildon have been left fearing for their safety while they wait for dangerous cladding remains. (Image: Michael Robinson) RESIDENTS in a Basildon block of flats have been left “fearing for their safety” as they wait for dangerous cladding to be removed. Owners of flats […] Click here to view original…