A blaze has ripped through a London tower block which still has Grenfell-style cladding nearly four years after the tragedy, despite multiple warnings from locals. More than 125 firefighters in 20 vehicles spent the morning battling the blaze at New Providence Wharf, near Canary Wharf, in the east of the capital. It has now been … Read more
More than 30 Tory MPs rebelled against the Government over the cladding scandal yesterday. They accused ministers of ignoring ‘screams of pain’ from leaseholders left to pay tens of thousands of pounds each to fix unsafe homes. The Government has set aside £5billion but hundreds of thousands of residents living in buildings below 18 metres … Read more
Can the developer that built my flat avoid a cladding repair bill now its company has been sold? Claims against a developer depend on age of the building with cladding issues If you bought new you may have a new build warranty that may cover cladding By Myra Butterworth For MailOnline Published: 10:25 BST, 21 … Read more
Four leading developers have made almost £10 billion in profits since the Grenfell disaster and have pledged just over £400 million to fix unsafe homes. Here, the Mail dissects their offers… Persimmon (value: £9.25 billion) OFFER: £75 million for 26 buildings with potentially dangerous cladding and other safety defects. Nine of these are over 18 … Read more
Four leading developers have made almost £10 billion in profits since the Grenfell disaster and have pledged just over £400 million to fix unsafe homes. Here, the Mail dissects their offers… Persimmon (value: £9.25 billion) OFFER: £75 million for 26 buildings with potentially dangerous cladding and other safety defects. Nine of these are over 18 … Read more
MPs’ fury as ministers dodge cladding vote: Anger as Commons is denied the chance to protect leaseholders from paying to fix fire-risk issues Ministers were blasted for denying MPs the chance to protect leaseholders Government struck down attempts to guarantee flat owners wouldn’t have to pay for safety repairs Prime Minister avoided a rebellion against his … Read more
Backlash over ’18-metre rule’ to qualify for cladding cash as civil servant admits officials ‘didn’t have time to pick a better number’ Safety expert Brian Martin said ‘whole bunch of ridiculous things’ had been used Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders are barred from government funds It means those living in low rise buildings could face … Read more
Grenfell cladding performed ‘spectacularly worse’ in fire tests than similar panels sold with the same fire safety certificate, inquiry hears The reynobond PE cladding panels came in two variants – ‘cassette’ and ‘rivet’ Differences between their fire performance was ‘very great’, inquiry heard Cassette panels burned faster and released around seven times as much heat … Read more
Phillip Symes The retired sailor is facing a bill of £40,000 to replace cladding on his block at The Decks – half what he paid for his two-bed flat. Mr Symes, 71, said: ‘Fire is fire, however high the block is. ‘Leaseholders on the fifth floor of blocks like mine are not getting any support, … Read more
Phillip Symes The retired sailor is facing a bill of £40,000 to replace cladding on his block at The Decks – half what he paid for his two-bed flat. Mr Symes, 71, said: ‘Fire is fire, however high the block is. ‘Leaseholders on the fifth floor of blocks like mine are not getting any support, … Read more