Cladding

Getty Property developers responsible for flats covered in dangerous cladding have donated £2.5 million to the Conservative Party since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, shocking analysis published by The Times in 2021 revealed . The Government is examining the recommendations of the seven-year probe into the Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…

Workers remove potentially dangerous cladding from a tower block (Image: Danny Lawson) THE Scottish Government’s housing minister has said he hopes the assessment of buildings with potentially combustible cladding will be finished by the end of the autumn. Paul McLennan said assessments are due to begin shortly and work […] Click here to view original…

Families living in unsafe tower blocks say they feel like “numbers on a spreadsheet”, seven years after ministers vowed to remove flammable cladding from Britain’s high-rises. Thousands of blocks of flats still haven’t had dangerous cladding removed despite 72 lives being lost in the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Housing Secretary […] Click here to view original…

The Scottish Government’s housing minister has said he hopes the assessment of buildings with potentially combustible cladding will be finished by the end of the autumn. ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Paul McLennan said assessments are due to begin shortly and work to remediate any unsafe cladding will start […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Rachael Loftus is a member of campaign group The Leeds Cladding Scandal Michelle Lyons BBC News Julia Bryson BBC News Published5 September 2024 People living in high-rise flats covered in flammable cladding said they were still waiting for their homes to be made safe – more than […] Click here to view original…

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner promises to speed up the removal of dangerous cladding from high rise buildings. Angela Rayner, Deputy PM and Housing Secretary She was speaking the day after a scathing inquiry report into the Grenfell Tower fire disaster listed a catalogue of failings. Law change Rayner, […] Click here to view original…

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the Met Police and Crown Prosecution Service must act “as quickly as possible” over the Grenfell Tower disaster, as ITV News’ Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker reports The government is examining the recommendations of the seven-year probe into the Grenfell Tower fire, following […] Click here to view original…

Claude Wehrle worked for cladding manufacturer Arconic A cladding company boss heavily criticised by the Grenfell Tower inquiry has denied playing a part in the disaster. Claude Wehrle, the former head of the technical sales support team at manufacturer Arconic, told BBC News the deaths of 72 people was […] Click here to view original…

Rachael Loftus is a member of campaign group The Leeds Cladding Scandal [BBC] People living in high-rise flats covered in flammable cladding said they were still waiting for their homes to be made safe – more than four years after they were told they were hazardous. Rachael Loftus moved […] Click here to view original…

-Credit: (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post) Flammable cladding is still being removed from buildings housing hundreds of Nottinghamshire residents, seven years after the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower . The fire at the 24-storey block of flats killed 72 people in 2017, with the high-rise’s cladding being the principal […] Click here to view original…