A minister whose department is supposed to be tackling the cladding scandal has advised voters to glug £174-a-bottle champagne while awaiting the rollout of the Covid vaccine. Housing minister Chris Pincher said Krug Grand Cru Cuvée would act as ‘an alternative vaccine until the real thing provides more permanent […]Click here to view original web…

Britain is facing its biggest housing crisis in a generation as failures to fix unsafe homes are putting one in seven property deals at risk of collapse, the Mail can reveal. More than a million homeowners have been left unable to sell or remortgage their properties in the wake […] Click here to view original…

Homeowners in dangerous buildings are being hit with crippling bills because ministers have ‘buried their heads in the sand’ since the Grenfell disaster. About four million people are affected, with more than a million flat-owners paying £2.2billion a year for safety measures and extra insurance. The scandal, which has […] Click here to view original…

MAYOR OF London Sadiq Khan has proposed that the Government introduce a “groundbreaking levy” on major private property developers that could raise £3 billion to address the “rampant inequality” in building safety standards and fund vital cladding replacement work on properties across the capital. Three-and-a-half years after the tragic […] Click here to view original…

NEVER FORGET: A woman reads messages of support written on the wall surrounding Grenfell tower in west London (Photo via Getty Images) THE BUILDING minister has criticised bosses at a cladding firm who may not appear at a Grenfell inquiry. Three of the people who have been asked to […] Click here to view original…

Birmingham couple Matt Browne and Lizzie Barnett had definite plans to start a family after selling their house for a bigger home, but that dream has come to a screeching halt due to one bizarre reason – their apartment in Birmingham is worth zero because of the Grenfell-style cover. […] Click here to view original…

The UK government has demanded that executives who supplied combustible cladding to Grenfell Tower “step up to the plate” after their refusal to give evidence to the public inquiry into the disaster provoked anger among the bereaved and survivors. On Sunday, Stephen Greenhalgh, the building safety minister, escalated a […] Click here to view original…

Couple planning to sell their house told it’s worth ‘zero’ Matt Browne and Lizzie Barnett, a couple from Birmingham, had definite plans of starting a family by selling their current home in order to fund a bigger one. But now, they have been told their flat in Birmingham is […] Click here to view original…

Matt Browne and Lizzie Barnett outside their home Fallout from the Grenfell cladding scandal has ruined a couple’s dream of starting a family. Matt Browne and Lizzie Barnett wanted to sell their Birmingham flat to have children in a bigger home. But they were shocked to be told by […] Click here to view original…

Arup engineer made comments in October 2014 A fire expert warned a building control body that the use of combustible materials on high-rise buildings in the years leading up to the Grenfell fire was “an accident waiting to happen”, the inquiry has heard. Arup fire engineer Dr Barbara Lane, […] Click here to view original…

Councillor Paul Wood, cabinet member for community safety, spoke about the issue in a meeting of the safer and stronger communities scrutiny and policy development committee. He said: “Some of the questions I’ve asked consistently on the missing information are why is it missing? Where is it missing from? […] Click here to view original…

Further details emerge of insulation giant’s efforts to convince construction industry Kooltherm K15 was safe for high-rise use Leading insulation manufacturer Kingspan spent a second week in the spotlight at the public inquiry probing the background to the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017. Current and […] Click here to view original…