WATCH: Flat owner ‘anxious’ over growing cost of tower cladding repairs
Video Phil Maricic owns two flats in St Francis Tower and is unhappy about the state the building is in Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN A 66-year-old left with a £50,000 bill for unsafe cladding on an Ipswich tower block has revealed the ordeal has made him “very anxious” about […] Click here to view original…
Coalition calls on government to extend cladding crisis action
New evidence has revealed the scale of the cladding crisis could impact up to 500,000 people, as a coalition of property managers urges the government to increase funding to remediate all unsafe buildings In an open letter to the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, the group of property managers has […] Click here to view original…
Experts warn government is ignoring flammable cladding problem
Analysis by managing agents group finds 1,400 tower blocks clad in dangerous non-ACM material Anger is growing over the plight of residents in blocks of flats clad with non-ACM flammable material amid claims that up to half a million people could still be affected. Landlord and estate management groups […] Click here to view original…
Unite reveals £20m cost of replacing HPL cladding
Waverley House, one of six Unite buildings where ACM cladding has been replaced Unite said it had completed replacement work on all buildings fitted with Grenfell-style ACM cladding and had now turned to assessing the extent of HPL cladding on its estate. The Ministry of Housing has advised that […] Click here to view original…
Thousands of Scots living in ‘unsellable’ homes post-Grenfell
Cladding has been found on hundreds of buildings in the UK since the Grenfell fire – P/A By Alistair Grant THOUSANDS of Scots are living in properties they cannot sell as a result of post-Grenfell cladding issues. MSPs heard apartment blocks in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee are among those […] Click here to view original…
Cladding protesters ‘trapped in worthless homes’
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is among the campaigners who have travelled to Westminster Residents “trapped in worthless homes” due to unsafe cladding have demanded help from the government. Ministers have pledged £600m to pay for the removal of aluminium composite material (ACM) similar to the type used […] Click here to view original…
Report reveals ‘turmoil’ for high-rise residents living with dangerous cladding
High-rise residents in Greater Manchester say mounting financial pressures are damaging their mental health, a new survey shows. High-rise residents in Greater Manchester say mounting financial pressures are affecting their personal lives and damaging their mental health, the results of a new survey show. The report, carried out by […] Click here to view original…
Great to see the All Party Insurance & Financial Services Group flourishing
I am delighted to see that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is going from strength-to-strength in its new partnership with the Chartered Insurance Institute and with former insurance broker, now Tory MP, Craig Tracey at the helm. It is nearly 30 years since I […] Click here to view original…
Great to see the All Party Insurance & Financial Services Group flourishing
I am delighted to see that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is going from strength-to-strength in its new partnership with the Chartered Insurance Institute and with former insurance broker, now Tory MP, Craig Tracey at the helm. It is nearly 30 years since I […] Click here to view original…
Advice for leaseholders stuck in blocks with unsafe cladding
With thousands of flat-owners across the country affected, people have woken up to the risks of unsafe cladding – Mary-Anne Bowring, MD of Ringley offers advice to leaseholders stuck in blocks with untested cladding Thousands of flat-owners have been affected by the risks of unsafe cladding . New fire […] Click here to view original…