'I had a woman visit me in absolute tears - she is stuck in a flat like Grenfell'
Labour MP Uma Kumaran has said she is bombarded by horror stories from her constituents being trapped in buildings with ...
The Architects' Journal4h
Government’s cladding remediation plan at risk of not delivering, MPs warn
Government efforts to replace dangerous cladding following the Grenfell tragedy are at risk of failing to deliver, MPs on the ...
inews.co.uk on MSN8h
Housebuilding targets ‘under threat’ from colossal bill to fix cladding crisis
Too many people are still feeling trapped in unsafe homes and being exploited by exorbitant insurance MPs warn ...
H&V News4h
BESA to align with post-Grenfell construction product code
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has become a trade associate of the Code for Construction Product ...
After a London Sale Fell Through, They Found Their Way to New York
With a budget of up to $900,000, a deaf couple toured several Manhattan neighborhoods in search of a one-bedroom or ...
PoliticsHome18h
Ministers Poised To Demand Inquiry Recommendations Are Enforced
The government is considering introducing a new oversight body to ensure the recommendations of public inquiries are ...
The Architects' Journal4h
Practice blames PII costs after going under owing £740k
A 50-year-old practice has gone into voluntary liquidation, blaming rocketing cost of Professional Indemnity Insurance ...
South London News2d
Painting firefighters as ‘Grenfell heroes’ is all wrong says survivors’ group rep
Karim Khalloufi told the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee yesterday the London Fire Brigade (LFB) ...
Building14h
MPs ‘sceptical’ government can deliver on building safety remediation promises
The report also found that £500,000 had been lost to suspected fraud after protections were relaxed to get money out quickly ...
MPs call for manufacturers to contribute to remediation bill
With the cladding crisis continuing to escalate eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed safety flaws, MPs have called for product manufacturers to be forced to contribute to the rising costs ...
Cladding remediation costs could impact new housebuilding target, MPs warn
The PAC report said the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's (MHCLG) current remediation plan "fails to ...
Cladding removal plan not ambitious enough, say MPs
It concluded that a new plan aimed at speeding up progress was "insufficiently ambitious and at risk of not delivering what ...