The Government has promised to provide a further £3.5 billion to fix the cladding crisis affecting thousands of flat-owners in England. Making the announcement in the House of Commons , Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick called the plan “unprecedented” and pledged a “world class building safety regime”. Flat-owners face huge […]Click here to view original web…

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the government will “fully fund the cost of replacing unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres (6 storeys) and over in England.” Residents in lower-rise buildings between 11 and 18 metres will “gain new protection from the costs of cladding removal […] Click here to view original…

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Addressing Parliament this afternoon, Robert Jenrick has promised an extra £3.5bn of funding to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings over 18m “at no cost to residents”. Jonathan Frankel, head of the Property Litigation Dept at Cavendish Legal Group, said: “The cost of replacing cladding is going to run […] Click here to view original…

Shaun Bailey (Isabel Infantes / EMPICS Entertainment) You might be surprised to hear that London, like the rest of Britain, is in the middle of an election campaign. Against expectations and after a year’s postponement, the Government has given the go-ahead for the capital’s mayoral and assembly elections on […] Click here to view original…

This 76-year-old pensioner lives in a building with flammable cladding – she told Nick she must find £,7000 for fire wardens for the next six months. It comes after a survey shared in advance with LBC found more than one in six flat owners affected by the cladding scandal […] Click here to view original…

Robert Jenrick is expected to announce today £5bn of funding to remove flammable cladding. But significant questions remain. For a start, it has not been confirmed whether the figure is a new lump sum or a top-up on the existing £1.6bn pledged. And it is understood that grants will […] Click here to view original…

Cladding is the application of materials around the external surface of a building (Getty Images) Ministers are set to announce billions of pounds in funding towards the costs of removing unsafe cladding from buildings. UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will make a statement on the new measures in parliament […] Click here to view original…

An extra £3.5bn has been promised by the government to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings over 18 metres in England “at no cost to residents”. Ministers created a fund last year to help thousands of homeowners who face huge bills for safety improvements brought in after 2017’s Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

media caption”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 on Wednesday. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will make a statement in the Commons later – although […] Click here to view original…

One in six flat-owners affected by the cladding scandal is exploring bankruptcy. A survey shared with LBC has found more than one in six flat owners affected by the cladding scandal is exploring bankruptcy. The survey, done by Inside Housing and End Our Cladding Scandal and shown in advance […] Click here to view original…

The Premier Inn on Ringway was built in 2010. But owners of the seven-storey Premier Inn at the junction of Ringway and Fox Street insist the work has nothing to do with safety issues following the Grenfell Tower disaster. Instead, the property investment fund in charge of the building […] Click here to view original…