Cladding

Half of the housing blocks with unsafe cladding have not started remediation, according to the latest official data. Remediation work has either started or completed on 2,299 buildings (picture: Naeemah Miah) Sharelines Remediation work not yet started on half of buildings with unsafe cladding #UKhousing Half of the housing […] Click here to view original…

Construction site Cladding will form part of an investigation after a multi-storey building in Dagenham went up in flames on Monday morning, the London Fire Brigade has confirmed. This will form part of a wider probe into the cause of the fire, which saw over 80 people evacuated from […] Click here to view original…

Progress on making buildings safe has been too slow and there remains “far too much” dangerous cladding on properties, the Deputy Prime Minister said as she visited the site of a fire in east London. Angela Rayner, who is also Housing Secretary, said residents and firefighters had faced a […] Click here to view original…

Work to remove dangerous cladding from buildings needs to be “ramped up”, a Government minister has admitted, after a major fire engulfed a multi-storey property in east London with “known” safety issues. ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Cabinet Office minister Ellie Reeves acknowledged the “incredibly difficult” experience for residents […] Click here to view original…

More than 340,000 people are still living in flats with unsafe cladding – seven years after the Grenfell disaster. The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 prompted a nationwide review that found thousands of people were living in buildings with dangerous cladding and legislation was later strengthened to improve safety […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell United says the blaze in Dagenham highlights the painfully slow progress on building safety since 2017. Last updated 9 hours ago Video thumbnail for Dame Judith Hackitt right to raise fire safety remediation speed, says Rayner Progress on making buildings safe has been too slow and there remains […] Click here to view original…

In the early hours of Monday morning, a fire destroyed the Spectrum Building, a seven-storey block in east London containing several floors of residential flats. It was only due to the action of residents and their neighbours, and the London Fire Brigade (LFB) that no-one was killed at the […] Click here to view original…

Video thumbnail for Dame Judith Hackitt right to raise fire safety remediation speed, says Rayner Progress on making buildings safe has been too slow and there remains “far too much” dangerous cladding on properties, the Deputy Prime Minister said as she visited the site of a fire in east […] Click here to view original…

Work to remove dangerous cladding from buildings needs to be “ramped up”, a Government minister has admitted, after a major fire engulfed a multi-storey property in east London with “known” safety issues. Cabinet Office minister Ellie Reeves acknowledged the “incredibly difficult” experience for residents of the block in Dagenham […] Click here to view original…

A firefighter at the scene in Dagenham, London, following a blaze at a block of flats Stefan Rousseau/PA fire risk It comes seven years on from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire. 6.18pm, 27 Aug 2024 6.7k 16 THE UK HAS “far too much” dangerous cladding on properties, the country’s […] Click here to view original…