Angela Rayner pledges to end ‘foot dragging’ over removal of Grenfell-style cladding
Messages of support written on a wall surrounding Grenfell tower in west London (Photo: Isabel Infantes/AFP) Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has pledged to end “foot dragging” by developers and freeholders which means thousands remain living in buildings wrapped in unsafe cladding days before the publication of the final […]Click here to view original web…
Grenfell Tower legal powers to fix fire safety crisis are being ignored
Seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, legislation enacted to end Britain’s building safety crisis and tackle the issue of dangerous cladding is not being enforced, Sky News can reveal. A report following a public inquiry is released tomorrow. By Becky Johnson, communities correspondent, […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell-style cladding fitted to Slough High Street flats which caught fire
Dangerous, Grenfell-style cladding was fitted to parts of the High Street flats building that caught fire in Slough town centre, the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal. Almost 300 people had to be evacuated from the Mosaic Apartments building on High Street just after midnight on Thursday, August 22, […] Click here to view original…
London Fire Brigade calls for refit of all high-rise buildings
Billions spent on cladding removal after Grenfell BBC London Reporting fromLewisham, south London More than 700 tower blocks have applied for funds to remove unsafe cladding More than £1bn has been paid out to take dangerous cladding off London’s tower blocks in the past six years. Figures from the […] Click here to view original…
Slough council made aware of dangerous cladding on high street apartment block one month before blaze
Slough Borough Council knew there was flammable cladding on Mosaic Apartments on the High Street around a month before a fire broke out there, writes Local Democracy Reporter Nick Clark . In July the Government wrote to the authority making it aware the building was fitted with the same […] Click here to view original…
Civil servant who missed chances to prevent Grenfell is now fire safety expert
Brian Martin was accused of telling an architect to “show me the bodies” when he was advised, before the Grenfell fire, to tighten standards to avert a tower block disaster A civil servant who missed opportunities to stop the Grenfell Tower tragedy is now working as a fire safety […] Click here to view original…
London Fire Brigade is calling for all high-rise buildings to be refitted
Image caption, More than 700 tower blocks have applied for funds to remove unsafe cladding Karl Mercer BBC London Reporting from Lewisham, south London Published2 hours ago More than £1bn has been paid out to take dangerous cladding off London’s tower blocks in the past six years. Figures from […] Click here to view original…
More than a million still in fire-risk flats despite Grenfell, analysis shows
Exclusive Official data ‘downplays’ full scale of crisis, say campaigners ahead of final report into disaster A memorial on the wall surrounding Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, five years after the blaze (Photo: Getty) More than a million people could be living in potentially unsafe properties seven years […] Click here to view original…
The people trapped in homes with flammable cladding – and no funding to fix it
Big Read Owners of flats ineligible for Government compensation for cladding tell i of their concerns about the safety of their homes Ritu Saha, co-founder of the UK Cladding Action Group, was forced to patrol her building from 7pm till midnight every day after work for signs of fires […] Click here to view original…
The people trapped in homes with flammable cladding – and no funding to fix it
Big Read Owners of flats ineligible for Government compensation for cladding tell i of their concerns about the safety of their homes Ritu Saha, co-founder of the UK Cladding Action Group, was forced to patrol her building from 7pm till midnight every day after work for signs of fires […] Click here to view original…
‘Scottish Grenfell’ warning as no action taken to remove flammable cladding from 300 Scots buildings
Smoke billowing from the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in west London in 2017 A “Scottish Grenfell” could happen if action isn’t taken to remove flammable cladding from more than 300 Scots buildings, housing campaigners have warned. It comes after a devastating tower block blaze in Dagenham , east London, in […] Click here to view original…
Angela Rayner pledges to end ‘foot dragging’ over removal of Grenfell-style cladding
Messages of support written on a wall surrounding Grenfell tower in west London (Photo: Isabel Infantes / AFP) Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has pledged to end “foot dragging” by developers and freeholders which means thousands remain living in buildings wrapped in unsafe cladding days before the publication of […] Click here to view original…