Grenfell families settle claims against building firms but say that justice will still be served
More than 900 people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have settled civil claims related to the 2017 blaze. Families of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have settled a civil claim against building firms involved in the tower’s construction. More than 900 survivors, bereaved families and locals […]Click here to view original web…
We’re trapped by the cladding scandal and can’t find a way out
Workmen removing cladding from a block of apartments in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy. We urgently need to sell, but our block is exempt from the government scheme I am one of many residents caught up in the cladding scandal in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. […] Click here to view original…
Gove demands Arconic pay for remedial work following Grenfell
Following a stern letter to insulation manufacturer Kingspan, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, Michael Gove has now written to the products firm Arconic demanding it to pay for fire safety defects at dangerous high-rise buildings. The manufacturing company supplied the aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: More firms sign post-Grenfell fire safety contract
Image source, PA Media Firms exposed by Michael Gove for failing to sign a contract to repair post-Grenfell safety risks have joined the scheme. The housing secretary gave companies until 13 March to sign the agreement aimed at addressing cladding issues exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. Mr Gove […] Click here to view original…
Now Gove tears into Grenfell firm Arconic and tells US company’s boss: ‘You will pay up’
Housing secretary fires off letter to another products firm involved in 2017 tragedy Michael Gove has turned his guns on products firm Arconic as he continues to ramp up the pressure on manufacturers to put their hands in their pockets and help pay for cladding remediation work in the […] Click here to view original…
Coalition era policies contributed towards social housing failures, Gove says
Communities Secretary Michael Gove at BBC Broadcasting House in London (Stefan Rousseau/PA) The coalition government’s public spending squeeze contributed to the neglect faced by social housing tenants, Michael Gove has suggested. The Communities Secretary admitted the mistakes of successive governments had led to tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…
Gove targets Arconic and Kingspan over cladding remediation
MICHAEL GOVE – the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – has written stern letters to Timothy Myers (CEO at Arconic) and Eugene Murtagh (founder and chair of the Kingspan Group), urging both businesses to contribute towards the funding of cladding-related building remediation work or otherwise […] Click here to view original…
Awaab Ishak: Coalition era policies ‘contributed towards social housing failures’
Awaab Ishak The coalition government’s public spending squeeze contributed to the neglect faced by social housing tenants, Communities Secretary Michael Gove has suggested. Mr Gove admitted the mistakes of successive governments had led to tragedies such as the death of toddler Awaab Ishak in 2020, caused by mould in […] Click here to view original…
Rail unions blasted over fire risk at flats owned by pension fund
Michael Gove is demanding action over buildings such as Vista Tower in Stevenage Britain’s largest rail unions were accused by ministers of “failing to stand up to injustice” and ignoring calls to help fix a series of “life-critical” fire risks to leaseholders living in buildings owned by their members’ […] Click here to view original…
Gove attacks rail pension fund over dangerous cladding at flats
Dangerous cladding has been a national issue since the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people died Michael Gove has launched an stinging attack on one of the country’s biggest pension funds, accusing it of failing to fix “life-critical” fire risks at ten buildings it owns with dangerous cladding. […] Click here to view original…
Coalition era policies contributed towards social housing failures, Gove says
The coalition government’s public spending squeeze contributed to the neglect faced by social housing tenants, Michael Gove has suggested. The Communities Secretary admitted the mistakes of successive governments had led to tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire, and the death of toddler Awaab Ishak in 2020 caused by […] Click here to view original…
Gove attacks rail pension fund over dangerous cladding at flats
Dangerous cladding has been a national issue since the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people died Michael Gove has launched an stinging attack on one of the country’s biggest pension funds, accusing it of failing to fix “life-critical” fire risks at ten buildings it owns with dangerous cladding. […] Click here to view original…