Work to remove “Grenfell-style” cladding on a Cambridge building has begun.
Work to remove “Grenfell-style” cladding on a Cambridge building has begun. An 11-storey block of flats was 75 per cent covered in aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, which is linked to the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017, which killed 72 people. The Belvedere, on Homerton Street, […] Click here to view original…
How I Manage my Money: A self-employed consultant struggling to sell her flat due to Grenfell cladding scandal
A financial services consultant reflects on the personal impact of the Covid-19 pandemic Devanshi Ruparel: ‘Working from home has changed my spending habits’ (Photo: Daniel Lynch) In our “ How I manage my money ” series we aim to find out how people in the UK are spending, saving […] Click here to view original…
Cladding Scandal: Birmingham MPs host summit
700,000 people across the country are still living with dangerous cladding People in Birmingham who are still living with Grenfell-style cladding have been putting their questions to the Buildings Safety Minster. Birmingham MPs Preet Gill and Shabana Mahmood hosted the summit, with residents and Lord Greenhalgh. It’s thought 700,000 […] Click here to view original…
Resident living at Sheffield tower block fitted with dangerous cladding raises concerns about ‘maximisation of profit’ and ‘ineptitude’ as report is released
Hundreds of residents at Hanover Tower , on Exeter Drive, Broomhall, were put at risk by combustible cladding for half a decade. After years of delays that made many mistrust the council and some ‘paranoid’, the findings of the investigation were finally revealed. John Cawthorne, who has lived there […] Click here to view original…
Seventeen high-rises left with no plan for dangerous cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions There are still 17 occupied high-rise residential buildings in England that have no plan in place to remove their flammable cladding more than three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The housing ministry’s building safety update […] Click here to view original…
End Our Cladding Scandal Birmingham Summit on Capitol Radio
Telling the housing minister Lord Greenhalgh about their dangerous cladding!
Sterling Cables plans revised over ‘dangerous’ Grenfell Tower style cladding
Sterling Cables plans revised after fears fire could tear through apartment blocks REVISED plans have been submitted for the redevelopment of Sterling Cables Industrial Estate after concerns were raised about the potential for fire to spread through the new apartment blocks. Plans to demolish the iconic 250ft tower – […] Click here to view original…
England still has 17 occupied high-rise buildings with no plan to remove ACM cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions There are still 17 occupied high-rise residential buildings in England that have no plan in place to remove their flammable cladding more than three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The housing ministry’s building safety update […] Click here to view original…
Birmingham Cladding Scandal Summit 22 Oct 2020
Roundtable discussion on the cladding scandal with affected residents, Lord Greenhalgh, Minister for Building Safety and Communities, Mike Amesbury MP, Shadow Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Birmingham MPs.
Couple living in a flat with dangerous cladding say they may have to declare bankruptcy due to the £25,000 cost of removing it – and fear it means they’ll never be able to start a family
A couple living in a flat with dangerous cladding say their life is ‘on hold’ and they may have to declare bankruptcy due to the £25,000 cost of having it removed. Abi Tubis, 29, of Leeds, is among the thousands of people across the UK who are trapped living […] Click here to view original…
Greenhalgh to dump ‘affordable’ cladding bills on leaseholders, which they were promised AGAIN and AGAIN would not happen …
And this is from the minister in whom we invest our hopes for leasehold reform … For the first time in three years a government minister has said that the cladding bills will land on leaseholders, but they will have to be “affordable”. Up until now, all previous ministers […] Click here to view original…
Dangerous cladding removed from less than half Southwark’s affected blocks
Less than half have had cladding removed L&Q’s Arch Street – residents had to move out in 2019 during remedial work after fire safety problems were identified. Residents in other blocks around the country have not even had work begin. More than three years after the Grenfell tower disaster […] Click here to view original…