Residents of buildings with unsafe cladding say life is an ‘unending nightmare’
(Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA) Residents of buildings with flammable cladding say their lives are an “ongoing, unending nightmare” and they live in fear of being thrown out of their homes. Many say the cladding has made their flats “worthless” and they are “trapped” and unable to sell the properties. It […]Click here to view original web…
Conservative MP says Government has been ‘incompetent’ over cladding
Amendments have been tabled to the Fire Safety Bill (Peter Byrne/PA) The Government “has been incompetent” in its handling of the cladding crisis in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, a Conservative MP has said. Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) used a Commons debate on cladding brought forward by Labour […] Click here to view original…
The Times view on the removal of dangerous cladding: Safety Scandal
It is hard to conceive of a greater scandal of public safety than constructing buildings that endanger rather than protect the people inside. Yet in the Grenfell Tower disaster of 2017 the cladding surrounding the block helped to spread the fire that killed 72 people. It is a national […] Click here to view original…
Labour calls for National Cladding Taskforce as it outlines plan to fix building safety crisis
The Labour Party has outlined its proposal to fix the cladding crisis ahead of a crunch debate tomorrow – calling for the establishment of a National Cladding Taskforce to oversee the work. Keir Starmer has set out a six-point plan to address the cladding crisis (picture: Parliament TV) Sharelines […] Click here to view original…
Labour calls for national task force to fund cladding removal from firetrap homes
This comes more than three-and-a-half years after the disaster at Grenfell Tower in 2017, which claimed the lives of 72 people Contractors undertake works at a residential property as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding (Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire) has called on the Government to […] Click here to view original…
Labour enters cladding controversy by forcing vote in Commons
Labour has entered the cladding controversy by calling a vote in the House of Commons to force government action on the issue. The vote will be held today, some three and a half years on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The party accuses the government of failing to get […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: Labour calls for taskforce to ‘get a grip’ on crisis after ‘years of dither and delay’
Thousands of buildings are suspected of having unsafe cladding A national taskforce should be created to “get a grip” on the cladding crisis, the Labour Party says. The call comes ahead of a parliamentary debate today about protecting tenants and leaseholders from unsafe cladding. The National Cladding Taskforce would […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Labour tells ministers to ‘get a grip’
A national task force needs to established to “get a grip on the deepening cladding crisis”, Labour has said. A national task force needs to established to “get a grip on the deepening cladding crisis”, Labour has said. Sir Keir Starmer made the call ahead of a parliamentary debate […] Click here to view original…
Starmer calls for up-front funding for cladding replacement
Labour leader to force vote in parliament on issue affecting ‘millions’ of homeowners The Labour Party has called for the government to fund the replacement of dangerous cladding on affected buildings immediately, ahead of a vote in parliament on the issue today. Labour is to use an opposition day […] Click here to view original…
Comment: Australia’s steps on cladding crisis shame the Government
Contractors undertake works at a residential property in Paddington, London, as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding. Some may raise an eyebrow at the fact that Australia watched the Grenfell Tower disaster, and set up a cladding task force just three weeks later. Here in […] Click here to view original…
North East buildings still have cladding linked to Grenfell fire four years after disaster
Grenfell Tower in west London Four years after the Grenfell disaster, some buildings in the North East are still fitted with cladding linked to the spread of the fire. MPs are debating proposals to help people stuck in unsafe buildings, with Labour calling for an urgent inquiry to establish […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal explained: How a crisis unfolded in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
Labour has released new analysis which has found 11 million people in the UK could face being left with ‘life-changing’ repair costs or unsellable properties The cladding scandal has left homeowners paying thousands of pounds to keep their building safe (Photo: PA) The Labour Party has launched a parliamentary […] Click here to view original…