Seven years after Grenfell, tens of thousands still live with unsafe cladding

People hold tributes as they walk to the ‘Wall of Truth’ to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Seven years on since the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, remediation work is yet to start on 2,361 buildings which are covered […] Click here to view original…

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Seven years after Grenfell, tens of thousands still live with unsafe cladding

People hold tributes as they walk to the ‘Wall of Truth’ to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Seven years on since the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, remediation work is yet to start on 2,361 buildings which are covered […] Click here to view original…

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Seven years after Grenfell, tens of thousands still live with unsafe cladding

People hold tributes as they walk to the ‘Wall of Truth’ to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Seven years on since the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, remediation work is yet to start on 2,361 buildings which are covered […] Click here to view original…

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Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy has urged the Government to ‘go further’ in its efforts to tackle dangerous cladding

Tom Copley, London’s Deputy Mayor for Housing. Credit – Greater London Authority Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy has urged the Government to “go further” in its efforts to tackle dangerous cladding, as London marks seven years since the Grenfell Tower fire. Tom Copley, the capital’s deputy mayor for housing, also […] Click here to view original…

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Opinion: Cladding Bill’s impact still to be felt

Shona Frame and Ryan McCuaig The full impact of the Cladding Remediation Bill, which was recently passed in the Scottish Parliament, is still to be felt within the construction sector, write Shona Frame and Ryan McCuaig. The 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, which claimed 72 lives, put a sharp focus […] Click here to view original…

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Cladding scandal victims launch website and legal action

Hello, Over the last few years I have been hit with this awful cladding issue and repossession by my lender due to expiry of mortgage term on one flat by Mortgage Express and the other flat being taken over because of arrears – due to having to pay tens […] Click here to view original…

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Scottish ministers given new powers to tackle cladding

Grenfell Tower in London was destroyed by fire in 2017 MSPs have voted to pass a bill that aims to tackle unsafe cladding on buildings – and avoid fires like the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Housing Cladding Remediation Bill passed unanimously at Holyrood earlier with 116 votes for and […] Click here to view original…

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Fifty-two homes in Elephant and Castle could be empty for two more years

Arch St, Elephant and Castle, first built in 2011, was one of the Heygate replacement housing sites. (Google) Fifty-two homes in Elephant and Castle, which tenants and leaseholders were forced to move out of in 2019, could lay empty for a further two years. Five years ago, more than […] Click here to view original…

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