Cladding

The new tax is part of Angela Rayner’s plan to speed up remediation works on buildings with unsafe cladding – Joe Giddens/PA Angela Rayner’s £3.4bn “cladding” tax on developers has been branded “unfair” by the boss of one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders. Rob Perrins, the chief executive of Berkeley […] Click here to view original…

The government’s ambition to remove unsafe cladding from buildings by 2029 has been welcomed by Propertymark – but it is concerned about the pace of remediation. It is also worried about the clarity of responsibility for remediation works. Building Safety Minister Alex Norris warned building owners last week that […] Click here to view original…

The UK government has announced ambitious plans to tackle the issue of unsafe cladding on residential buildings, setting targets to remediate all hazardous structures by 2029. This decision, revealed as part of their ‘Remediation Acceleration Plan’, aims to protect residents from financial burdens associated with remediation and to hold […] Click here to view original…

The government has pledged to fix unsafe cladding on all high-rise buildings in government funded schemes by the end of 2029. Image: Mike Bird/Pexels New government targets to fix dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings in the next five years have been labelled as “extremely disappointing” by campaigners, who say […] Click here to view original…

Worried residents in Basildon block with unsafe cladding hit out at 2029 deadline (Image: Google / Jennifer Viccars) WORRIED residents living in a block of flats wrapped in potentially combustible cladding claim the Government’s new 2029 deadline for its removal is “not good enough”. Jennifer Viccars and her neighbours […] Click here to view original…

Plans to remove and replace the current cladding have been submitted to the council Plans to remove cladding from a building in Hull have been submitted to the council. Kemley House, located at the junction of Ferensway and Prospect Street, is covered in combustible cladding on the southern and […] Click here to view original…

Three workers in hard hats and hi-vis jackets remove a panel of cladding from a building 2 December 2024 Plans to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding, including target dates for making buildings safe and tougher penalties for refusing to act, have been announced by ministers. Under the […] Click here to view original…

The new tax is part of Angela Rayner’s plan to speed up remediation works on buildings with unsafe cladding Angela Rayner’s £3.4bn “cladding” tax on developers has been branded “unfair” by the boss of one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders. Rob Perrins, the chief executive of Berkeley Group, said the […] Click here to view original…

Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western IT IS wonderful to see our towns and villages getting into the festive spirit. We now have lights on in Leamington and also in Warwick after the spectacular Victorian Evening last week. I was sorry to miss, due to Parliamentary business, what is […] Click here to view original…

Workers remove the cladding from the facade of a block of flats (Aaron Chown/PA) Dangerous cladding will be fixed on all high-rise buildings on Government schemes within the next five years, ministers are to pledge. The Remediation Acceleration Plan will set out that by the end of 2029, all […] Click here to view original…