Posts Tagged ‘Grenfell Tower fire’
Grenfell firms ‘are like killers and crooks’: Makers of cladding system are accused of putting residents at risk, disaster inquiry hears
The makers of Grenfell Tower’s cladding system have been accused of being ‘little more than crooks and killers’, the inquiry into the disaster has heard. The manufacturers were also said to have promoted construction materials despite knowing they ‘would burn with lethal speed’. Lawyers for a group of bereaved, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding on Cardiff flats similar to that used at London’s Grenfell Tower is finally to be removed
Grenfell-style cladding on student flats in Cardiff is finally set to be removed more than three years after the devastating tower block fire in London. Lumis Student Living, in Tyndall Street, is clad with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, similar to that which caused the rapid spread of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. […]…
Read MoreThird of all buildings with Grenfell-style cladding yet to have it removed
A national review identified 458 buildings containing ACM cladding (Picture: PA/Reuters) Almost a third of all buildings wrapped in Grenfell-style cladding are yet to have it removed, figures show. After the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, a nationwide review identified 458 buildings containing highly flammable aluminium composite material (ACM). According […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreMy family died in Grenfell Tower fire tragedy – now I’m terrified for others living in deathtraps they can’t sell
EVERY time Nabil Choucair shuts his eyes, he’s haunted by the image of his family’s home – a flat on the 22nd floor of Grenfell Tower – going up in flames. Nabil, 46, lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law and his three young nieces aged 13, 10 and three in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFailure to remove cladding could be breach of international law, UN tells UK government
The UN has warned the UK government that its failure to replace dangerous cladding on buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire could be a breach of international law. Picture: Getty Sharelines In April, Leilani Farha, who was the the UN’s special rapporteur on adequate housing, wrote […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreParliamentary report exposes widespread fire-safety failings three years on from Grenfell Tower inferno
Three years on from the deadly Grenfell Tower fire, around 2,000 high-rise residential or publicly owned buildings are still covered with dangerous cladding, says a cross-party parliamentary report. Titled “Cladding: Progress of Remediation,” the report by Parliament’s Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) committee exposes the deadly conditions still […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreManchester Skyline residents refused access to cladding money
People living at Skyline tower block in Manchester said they were given no option but to take out “life-changing” loans The government has confirmed a new £1bn fund to replace dangerous cladding will not be available to people in buildings where work has already started. A condition has been […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment pays £1 billion to release apartment leaseholders from cladding nightmare
The estimated 600,000 apartment owners who have been unable to sell their homes because they live in tower blocks over 18 metres tall fitted with unsafe cladding are to be helped with a further £1 billion in funding. A Building Safety Fund has been launched by the Ministry of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCouncils pledge to resume unsafe cladding removal during Covid-19
© Robynofexeter Leaders from 25 councils across the UK have pledged to ensure vital building safety work, including the removal of unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings, continues in the face of Covid-19 The leaders from 25 councils have pledged their commitment to ensuring vital building safety work continues where […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreTower block residents billed for thousands over fire patrols to prevent another Grenfell tragedy
The increase in “waking watch” fire patrols intended to prevent another Grenfell tragedy can be revealed on Friday as tower block residents are being forced to pay thousands of pounds for the protection. At least 420 around-the-clock security patrols are being carried out at buildings known to still have […] Click here to view original…
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