Cladding

Ministers still do not know how many buildings are wrapped in the same deadly cladding as Grenfell Tower, despite it being seven years since the disaster. The damning final report into the blaze that claimed 72 lives was published yesterday and revealed the building was covered in flammable materials […] Click here to view original…

SNP ministers hope to ramp up funding to replace dangerous cladding despite a £700,000 cut to its programme. SNP ministers have insisted they will not be “complacent” amid concerns over a lack of progress to replace dangerous cladding on more than 100 buildings in Scotland. The Scottish Government has […] 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…

Angela Rayner has vowed to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding from UK buildings following the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report . The Housing Secretary said the pace of removal of cladding over the last seven years was “not acceptable”. She suggested Labour will make changes […] Click here to view original…

EXECUTIVES at companies responsible for unsafe Grenfell Tower cladding have banked more than £100million since the fire claimed 72 lives. One has bought a seafront mansion and another drives a Bond-themed Aston Martin. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy […] Click here to view original…

Residents of Morello Quarter in Basildon have been left fearing for their safety while they wait for dangerous cladding remains. (Image: Michael Robinson) RESIDENTS in a Basildon block of flats have been left “fearing for their safety” as they wait for dangerous cladding to be removed. Owners of flats […] Click here to view original…

The long-awaited Grenfell Tower Inquiry report moves bereaved families and survivors’ demands for justice a step closer. But thousands of people are still caught up in the wider building safety crisis 5 Sep 2024 Keir Starmer apologised to Grenfell survivors and bereaved families and promised more action to remediate […] Click here to view original…

Remediation work has begun in only about half of the 4,630 buildings identified in England as having dangerous cladding Number 10 said it was looking to “compel” building owners to rapidly undertake safety improvements (Photo: Natalie Oxford/AFP via Getty Images) author avatar image Building developers who drag their feet […] Click here to view original…

‘We fear tragedy will strike before cladding goes’ BBC News, Essex Leigh Milner BBC News, Essex Reporting fromBasildon Jane Randle has campaigned outside the headquarters of developer Weston Homes People living in a block of flats fear a tragedy will strike before unsafe cladding is removed from their building. […] Click here to view original…

The Grenfell fire exposed a systemic failure in all aspects of cladding installation in buildings throughout the UK. Until that fateful day on June 14, 2017, the Lakanal House tower block fire in London eight years earlier, which killed six people, was Britain’s worst tower block fire. In 1999, […] Click here to view original…