It could cost £15 billion to remove flammable cladding from all high-rise buildings, MPs have estimated Ministers are considering a bailout package potentially worth billions of pounds for leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal . Christopher Pincher , the housing minister, promised a solution “very shortly”. He said during […]Click here to view original web…

Four years after the Grenfell disaster, homeowners in Birmingham and the West Midlands are still facing massive bills and threats to their safety because homes are fitted with unsafe cladding. MPs are debating proposals to help people stuck in unsafe buildings, with Labour calling for an urgent inquiry to […] Click here to view original…

Victims of the cladding scandal in Birmingham have considered suicide after finding their homes are practically worthless. City MP Shabana Mahmood, told the House of Commons that the situation “has wrought emotional and financial devastation upon my constituents who live in affected buildings”. There was a ray of hope […] Click here to view original…

It is not known exactly how many people live in buildings in the UK that are unsafe due to either the type of cladding fitted to their outsides, or other fire-safety breaches, such as poorly fitted insulation, which have come to light since the Grenfell Tower fire of June […] Click here to view original…

MP in action call over nearly 140 people in Oldham in peril from flammable cladding ASHTON and Failsworth MP Angela Rayner is calling for immediate action to protect the thousands of people across Greater Manchester who live in accommodation that has Grenfell-style cladding. Around 20,000 people in Manchester – […] Click here to view original…

171158 GV Hanover House, London Road, Reading – Pictures: Mike Swift. A third building in Reading has had dangerous Grenfell-style cladding removed. Work to remove and replace the aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding at Crossway Point was paused due to Covid-19 but has now been completed, the council confirmed. […] Click here to view original…

A workman removes cladding from a tower block A national task force must be established to “get a grip on the deepening cladding crisis”, according to Labour. The party’s leader Sir Keir Starmer made the call ahead of a parliamentary debate on Monday about protecting tenants and leaseholders from […] Click here to view original…

Raphael House’s Samantha Ingham pictured with fellow residents and Ilford South MP Sam Tarry at last year’s cladding rally which took place at Westminster. Residents of an Ilford apartment complex continue to suffer because of unresolved cladding issues. They say a lack of progress in repair works and escalating […] Click here to view original…

The occupants of Verdigris Apartments in Bethnal Green are among hundreds of thousands across London and around the country caught up in the “cladding crisis” that has unfolded since the Grenfell Tower disaster R esidents at an east London apartment block have been warned they face bills of up […] Click here to view original…

In a society shaped by profound inequality, there is a hierarchy of human life. An invisible matrix of social class, nationality and ethnicity determines how much individual lives are worth in Britain. When 72 people died in Grenfell Tower in 2017, the British intellectual and musician Akala declared : […] Click here to view original…

Labour will urge ministers to “get a grip on the deepening cladding crisis” in a crunch Commons vote on Monday evening. The party’s leader Sir Keir Starmer made the call ahead of a parliamentary debate about protecting tenants and leaseholders from unsafe cladding. Labour will push for a vote […] Click here to view original…

The day I got the keys to my lovely little Sheffield flat was the proudest day of my life. After saving diligently and working part-time through college and university, I was able to buy my first home in April 2019, at the age of 22. Painting the walls in […] Click here to view original…