Cladding

Housing secretary Michael Gove admitted over the weekend that wishes to see the leasehold system through which most apartments and many houses are sold, abolished. “I don’t believe leasehold is fair in any way. It is an outdated feudal system that needs to go. And we need to move […] Click here to view original…

Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous The levelling-up secretary makes a remarkable admission today. Michael […] Click here to view original…

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to leasehold reform and fixing cladding issues before the next election. It comes as the Government is due to announce a six week deadline for developers to sign an agreement to fix unsafe towers above 11m tall or be banned from the market. […] Click here to view original…

Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous The levelling-up secretary makes a remarkable admission today. Michael […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has admitted ‘faulty and ambiguous’ Government guidance allowed the Grenfell Tower tragedy to happen. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary accepted the rules on flammable cladding were wrong before fire engulfed the west London tower block in June 2017, which killed 72 people. A public inquiry […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has apologised to the families affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy and admitted that “faulty and ambiguous” government guidance was part of the reason why the fire occurred. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, the housing secretary said it is “undeniably the case” that […] Click here to view original…

This caller shared his fury at witnessing the Grenfell tower fire from his home. “I saw Grenfell burn that night,” the caller told David Lammy . He said he lived about two miles away from Grenfell Tower in a building with the same cladding that had led to the […] Click here to view original…

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is partly to blame for the Grenfell fire which killed 72 people in 2017 as building regulations were deficient and could be exploited by developers in a way that was unsafe, housing minister Michael Gove said on Sunday. In June 2017, Grenfell Tower, […] Click here to view original…

The remains of Grenfell Tower beyond residential housing. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg Builders in the UK will have six weeks to sign a government contract committing them to pay for upgrades of cladding in houses and apartment blocks, cabinet minister Michael Gove said. Hundreds of thousands of people in the […] Click here to view original…

Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk. In June 2021, Charlotte Meehan received a safety inspection report for her block of flats as part of the nationwide checks after […] Click here to view original…