1 week in …

1 March 2020 |

A week ago we were sitting around the kitchen table planning our trip down to the #EndOurCladdingCrisis outside parliament. Conversation lead us to the realisation that it wasn’t just our leaseholders in our development that were grappling with this life changing issue. There would be many other leaseholders in Birmingham and the West Midlands in…

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Cladding protesters ‘trapped in worthless homes’

25 February 2020 |

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is among the campaigners who have travelled to Westminster Residents “trapped in worthless homes” due to unsafe cladding have demanded help from the government. Ministers have pledged £600m to pay for the removal of aluminium composite material (ACM) similar to the type used […] Click here to view original…

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More than 300 buildings in England need cladding removed – MHCLG

13 February 2020

There are more than 300 high-rise and publicly-owned buildings in England with dangerous cladding systems that fall short of regulations, updated figures revealed. Works to remove and replace Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding have taken place on 141 buildings since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, according to the Ministry of […] Click here to view original…

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Cost of cladding removal is ‘massive strain’ on homeowners, says Bromley MP

13 February 2020 |

Bob Neill The cost residents are having to pay to remove dangerous cladding from their properties is “putting people under massive, massive strain”, a Bromley MP says. Tory Sir Bob Neill, representing Bromley and Chislehurst, pressured the Government to make funding available to homeowners affected. He said the Government […] Click here to view original…

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MPs urge government to fix all buildings with dangerous cladding

12 February 2020 |

MPs have demanded that the government finally foot a multi-billion-pound bill to bail out hundreds of thousands of apartment owners caught in the post-Grenfell fire safety crisis . Hilary Benn , MP for Leeds Central, on Wednesday led cross-party calls for the chancellor, Sajid Javid, to urgently increase the […] Click here to view original…

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Unsafe cladding – Early Day Motion (EDM)

20 December 2019 |

That this House notes with concern the number of people living in blocks with cladding (both ACM and HPL) which has either been identified as unsafe or has yet to be inspected; is aware that a growing number of people are currently unable to sell their homes because of […] Click here to view original…

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#EndOurCladdingScandal – Rip Off Britain – 3/10/19

3 October 2019

In the wake of the Grenfell fire, why is the government stumping up cash to help some residents replace their dangerous cladding but leaving other people to foot the sky-high bills themselves? Julia meets some of those affected. https://www.facebook.com/groups/natio… https://nationalleaseholdcampaign.org/ #LeaseholdScandal #NLC #Leasehold #Commonhold #Fleecehold #FleeceholdScandal #HousingCrisis #Housing #Homes […] Click here to view original…

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Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement

9 May 2019 |

The government will fully fund the replacement of unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high-rise private residential properties where building owners have failed to do so Communities Secretary the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP calls time on “reckless” building owners who have refused to take action New funding […] Click here to view original…

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