Cladding

Cladding and structural safety issues have been found at the tower block in Ipswich By Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Suffolk A meeting is to be held to help leaseholders living in the tallest building in Suffolk that has been beset by structural and fire safety issues. The Mill, on […] Click here to view original…

When Grenfell Tower burned, residents were told to stay in their flats. Six years on from the fire which killed 72 people, lessons are still being learnt. In the months that followed the fatal inferno, flammable cladding of the kind that covered the London tower block was found on […] Click here to view original…

Spectrum Apartments in Blackfriars Road, Salford When Grenfell Tower burned, residents were told to stay in their flats. Six years on from the fire which killed 72 people, lessons are still being learnt. In the months that followed the fatal inferno, flammable cladding of the kind that covered the […] Click here to view original…

Analysts expect August’s rate raise will not be the last of 2023 as the Bank of England continues to act to bring down inflation Jamie Donaghey with his wife and two children. Since December 2021, the Donagheys have seen their mortgage rate increase from 2.69% to 7.19% (Photo: Supplied) […] Click here to view original…

Families are exhausting all their savings to pay sky-high mortgages on homes they are not even living in and cannot sell because of unsafe cladding. At the start of August, the Bank of England raised the base interest rate for the 14th consecutive time to a 15-year high of […] Click here to view original…

Image source, Image caption, Cladding and structural safety issues have been found at the tower block in Ipswich Funds for fire safety measures at a tower block could run out by early next year after administrators were forced to pay off a creditor for the building’s freeholder. The Mill, […] Click here to view original…

Secretary of State for Housing singles out Town Hall leader for a scolding over ‘multitude of failings’ Cllr Georgia Gould and Michael Gove [Simon Dawson_No10 Downing Street] THE Secretary of State for Housing sent a personal letter to the Town Hall leader saying he is “profoundly troubled” about “your […] Click here to view original…

Arbour House Potentially harmful cladding is likely to be removed from two blocks of student accommodation in Islington . Unite Students has asked for planning permission to take the building material off two seven-storey blocks of student flats in Clerkenwell and near Pentonville prison. It is the latest application […] Click here to view original…

PICTURED: Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue headquarters in Arnold Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said it is unable to publicly name 23 buildings it has identified as ‘high risk’. The service identified the buildings on its patch following the Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed 72 people in 2017. The Local […] Click here to view original…

The former Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service headquarters By Anna Whittaker, Local Democracy Reporter Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said it is unable to publicly name 23 buildings it has identified as ‘high risk’. The service identified the buildings on its patch following the Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed […] Click here to view original…