Tories: Just 2% of cash to remove Grenfell cladding in Scotland has been spent
Just 2% of money allocated to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from Scottish homes has been spent, the Scottish Tories have claimed. Scottish Tory housing spokesman Miles Briggs accused the Scottish Government of a “pitiful lack of progress” in removing potentially flammable insulation. ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW The Scottish […]Click here to view original web…
Residents protest over tower block ‘cladding jail’
Residents of the Mill in Ipswich stage the protest outside the buildings administrators At a glance Residents of the Mill in Ipswich protest outside the building’s administrators They said nothing was being done about unsafe cladding and safety issues Owners were unable to sell their properties and were in […] Click here to view original…
Ipswich protestors outside building over The Mill cladding
Residents at The Mill in Ipswich gathered in Bury St Edmunds to protest over cladding at their homes (Image: Charlotte Bond) Those living in Ipswich flats say they feel like “cladding prisoners” as they protested outside the headquarters of the freeholder of their building. A protest was held on […] Click here to view original…
Residents ‘left in limbo’ by cladding crisis demand urgent action as homes ‘left to rot’
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Ipswich protestors outside building over The Mill cladding
Residents at The Mill in Ipswich gathered in Bury St Edmunds to protest over cladding at their homes (Image: Charlotte Bond) Those living in Ipswich flats say they feel like “cladding prisoners” as they protested outside the headquarters of the freeholder of their building. A protest was held on […] Click here to view original…
Reading East MP Matt Rodda joins parliamentary call for changes to way mortgages are repaid to help struggling residents
Matt Rodda, Labour MP for Reading East speaking in favour of mandatory mortgage extensions. Picture: Parliament UK One of Reading’s MPs has backed a move that would have made changes to how mortgages are repaid to help struggling residents. Matt Rodda, who represents Reading East, spoke in support of […] Click here to view original…
Ipswich protestors outside building over The Mill cladding
Residents at The Mill in Ipswich gathered in Bury St Edmunds to protest over cladding at their homes (Image: Charlotte Bond) Those living in Ipswich flats say they feel like “cladding prisoners” as they protested outside the headquarters of the freeholder of their building. A protest was held on […] Click here to view original…
Reading East MP Matt Rodda joins parliamentary call for changes to way mortgages are repaid to help struggling residents
Matt Rodda, Labour MP for Reading East speaking in favour of mandatory mortgage extensions. Picture: Parliament UK One of Reading’s MPs has backed a move that would have made changes to how mortgages are repaid to help struggling residents. Matt Rodda, who represents Reading East, spoke in support of […] Click here to view original…
Government urged to remove remaining unsafe cladding quickly
Progress on making buildings safe following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire has not been “fast enough”, Michael Gove has said. In the House of Commons, the Communities Secretary spoke of his “determination to see the truth uncovered, to make change happen and to have all those responsible held to […] Click here to view original…
AAA webinar for apartment owners on building recladding
We all recall the tragic Grenfell fire in London. Since then many Australian apartment owners have been faced with unfair bills running into millions of dollars for recladding their buildings. How do you know that your ‘replacement cladding’ isn’t also unsafe or future-proofed to the new Industry Cladding Standard […] Click here to view original…
Cladding giants chased for millions spent making flats safe
Nathan and Tara Jeans are still trapped in a one-bedroom flat with their two children Manufacturers of dangerous cladding are being chased for millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money spent to fix Britain’s unsafe flats. It comes as The Sunday Times submitted evidence to Michael Gove, the housing secretary, […] Click here to view original…
Building safety campaigners warn ‘hardly anything has changed’ as they issue fresh demands to government
Resident campaigners in blocks with building safety issues have delivered a new set of asks to central government as they warn “hardly anything has changed on the ground” a year on from new legislation to protect them from costs. Cladding removal works on blocks of flats in Cardiff (picture: […] Click here to view original…