Cladding

WEST END FINAL WEST END FINAL Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . As Britain absorbs t he second phase of the report into […] Click here to view original…

Barratt has said there is a shortage of qualified fire engineers who can fix the problem Barratt has said there is a shortage of qualified fire engineers who are able to refit buildings to reliable safety standards in light of the Grenfell tower disaster. “We recognise that this will […] 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…

TV star Arthur Bostrom lives in a building which was tested for unsafe cladding in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire (Arthur Bostrom/PA) ‘Allo ‘Allo! star Arthur Bostrom, who lives in an apartment with unsafe cladding and other fire safety issues, has said he hopes tragic incidents like […] Click here to view original…

Lewis Adams – BBC News, Essex and Leigh Milner – BBC News, Essex Jane Randle has campaigned outside the headquarters of developer Weston Homes [John Fairhall/BBC] People living in a block of flats fear a tragedy will strike before unsafe cladding is removed from their building. Residents of Morello […] Click here to view original…

Matthew Pennycook addressed the Grenfell tragedy. Picture: Alamy/LBC @yung_chuvak The Housing Minister has said that the pace of remediation work on buildings with dangerous cladding has been “glacial”. Listen to this article Loading audio… Matthew Pennycook told LBC’s Tonight With Andrew Marr that he was “determined” to speed up […] Click here to view original…

The UK government was “well aware” of the deadly risks posed by combustible cladding and insulation a year before the Grenfell Tower fire, but “failed to act on what it knew”, a landmark report has found by Staff Reporter 3 min read More than seven years on from the […] Click here to view original…

A domino effect of dishonest manufacturers, overseen by incompetent regulators and a complacent Government has led to a ‘web of blame’ for the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster A damning report into the Grenfell Tower fire that claimed 72 lives has made clear blame lies far and wide ( Image: […] Click here to view original…

According to official figures, remediation work has begun in only around 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 Building developers who drag their feet on removing unsafe cladding could […] Click here to view original…

A person views dedications and messages on a wall of condolences near to the covered remains of Grenfell Tower in London A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government, construction industry and, most of […] Click here to view original…