Cladding

By Brian Wheeler Political reporter Michael Gove has named 11 firms who have so far refused to sign a contract to repair homes with safety risks exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. He said 39 firms had signed the contract, which would see them spending £2bn to pay for […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell Tower fire of 2017 exposed the use of unsafe cladding Michael Gove is preparing to ban three of the UK’s most prominent developers from building projects after they refused to sign a legally binding pledge to fix unsafe cladding. Gove told 11 housing developers that the government […] Click here to view original…

A construction worker inspects cladding at residential apartments in London. Hollie Adams / Bloomberg Eleven building companies have been named and shamed by UK Housing Secretary Michael Gove for not signing the remediation contract aimed at addressing cladding issues following London’s Grenfell Tower fire . Mr Gove confirmed that […] Click here to view original…

By Brian Wheeler Political reporter Michael Gove has named 11 firms who have so far refused to sign a contract to repair homes with safety risks exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. He said 39 firms had signed the contract, which would see them spending £2bn to pay for […] Click here to view original…

Gove urged companies to sign to prevent another disaster like Grenfell Housing secretary Michael Gove publicly named the housebuilding firms that have failed to commit to retrofitting buildings to prevent fires following the 2017 Grenfell disaster. Companies will be blocked from existing and future developments, Gove said to MPs […] Click here to view original…

A construction worker inspects cladding at residential apartments in London. Hollie Adams / Bloomberg Eleven building companies have been named and shamed by UK Housing Secretary Michael Gove for not signing the remediation contract aimed at addressing cladding issues following London’s Grenfell Tower fire . Mr Gove confirmed that […] Click here to view original…

Sponsored by Insurance Journal Eleven property developers could be barred from the industry unless they sign a UK government contract to repair unsafe cladding on apartment blocks, according to Michael Gove, the secretary of state for housing. While 39 firms signed the commitment by Monday’s deadline , others including […] Click here to view original…

By Brian Wheeler Political reporter Michael Gove has named 11 firms who have so far refused to sign a contract to repair homes with safety risks exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. He said 39 firms had signed the contract, which would see them spending £2bn to pay for […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell Tower fire of 2017 exposed the use of unsafe cladding Michael Gove is preparing to ban three of the UK’s most prominent developers from building projects after they refused to sign a legally binding pledge to fix unsafe cladding. Gove told 11 housing developers that the government […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove, UK levelling up secretary, departs Downing Street in London, UK, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a blow to his authority as he struggled to quell Conservative rebellions on multiple policy fronts, and his downcast Members of Parliament threatened an exodus from […] Click here to view original…