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Birmingham Leaseholder Action Group (BrumLAG)
BrumLAG In the Media
Rally Interview on BBC Radio WM
Members of BrumLAG was interviewed for BBC Radio West Midlands about the Birmingham Rally talking about the #EnoughIsEnough protest.
EOCS 5 June Rallies Live Stream
EOCS 5 June Rallies Full Live Stream Sarah from CladDAG and Birmingham EOCS Rally Livestream
BrumLAG Interview on BBC Radio WM
Jen from BrumLAG was interviewed by Daz Hale on BBC Radio West Midlands about the Mayoral Hustings talking about the Cladding and Fire Safety Scandal.
Mayoral Hustings
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Mayoral Hustings to hear the candidates discuss the Cladding and Fire Safety Scandal. To the candidates who answered with sincerity. Liam Byrne MP – Labour Party Cllr Steve Caudwell – Green Party Andy Street – Conservative Jenny Wilkinson – Liberal Democrat Chaired by Patrick Burns, a consummate…
BrumLAG Open Meeting 22 Feb 2021
We discuss the latest Government funding announcement, with guest speakers and impact statements from those affected. And an update on the national Building Safety Scandal. Guest speakers Andy Street West Midlands Mayor and Preet Gill MP, with a contribution from Andrew Mitchell MP. Recording Slides Q&A Answers to the questions raised in the…
Jen from BrumLAG on Newsnight
“We all bought our homes in good faith and deserve a right to be safe in our homes.” Jenny Reid, from the Birmingham Leaseholder Action Group, says £3.5bn in extra govt funding for building safety still “seriously underestimates the size and scale of the issue”
End Our Cladding Scandal Birmingham Summit on Capitol Radio
Telling the housing minister Lord Greenhalgh about their dangerous cladding!
Birmingham Cladding Scandal Summit 22 Oct 2020
Roundtable discussion on the cladding scandal with affected residents, Lord Greenhalgh, Minister for Building Safety and Communities, Mike Amesbury MP, Shadow Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Birmingham MPs.
Government
Brum leaseholders on uninsured cladding site face eviction, reports BBC R4 You and Yours
In default of their mortgages. Some furloughed. Some unemployed. All looking to government … Brindley House, pictured behind, is a 16-storey ex-telecom office building from the 1970s that was converted into flats in 2011 after years of abandonment (photo credit Elliott Brown). The former BT property will lie empty […] Click here to view original…
Remediation Cladding Deadlines Missed By Majority Of ACM Buildings
The Government has conceded that deadlines to ensure all remediation work on the removal of dangerous cladding on buildings by June will not be met. Unfortunately, the recent lockdown has meant that many remediation projects were forced to halt, with many construction sites likely to have struggled regardless of […] Click here to view original…
NHS heroes stuck in cladding ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, Mayor tells MPs
The Grenfell Tower block in west London in October 2019. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA. Hundreds of Hackney leaseholders are living with “considerable stress and anxiety” as they battle building owners, mortgage lenders and the government over the removal of potentially dangerous cladding. This was the message from Hackney’s mayor in […] Click here to view original…
Government backs away from pledge to remove Grenfell-style cladding from high-rise buildings by June
Some 307 high-rise towers are still awaiting the completion of remediation work as of the end of April The government has backed away from its pledge to have Grenfell-style cladding removed from tall buildings by next month, with the dangerous material remaining on hundreds of buildings. In July last […] Click here to view original…
Work stopped on two thirds of cladding remediation projects
Work has restarted at 14% of projects Work has stopped on more than two thirds of the buildings where the remediation of ACM cladding is required, new government data has said. According to the housing ministry’s April building safety update , work was paused on 68% of projects at […] Click here to view original…
Union slams deadly fire failings and cuts
Marking Firefighters Memorial Day last week (Pic: Mark Thomas and FBU) Firefighters have attacked the government and building owners as a parliamentary committee’s cladding survey highlighted widespread safety failings. The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee last week published the findings of a survey into the progress of work […] Click here to view original…
Competence and accreditation set to be major features in fire safety sector
ON THURSDAY 7 May, Dame Judith Hackitt joined David Frise (CEO at the Building Engineering Services Association) in the BESA webinar focused on the essential industry changes needed post-Grenfell. Dame Judith discussed the current landscape in relation to the Coronavirus pandemic and outlined a strong belief that competence and […] Click here to view original…
Video
| Event Name | Westminster Hall |
| House | Commons |
| Event Location | Westminster Hall |
| Event Type | Second chamber |
| Date | Wed 12 Feb 2020 |
| Start Time | 15:10:00 |
| End Time | 15:13:44 |
From Birmingham Live Article 4 March 2020
#CladdingScandal Rally at Westminster 24 February 2020