The type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower is likely to have to be removed from hundreds of buildings in order to make people safe, a housing expert has said. Hotels, private sector blocks, hospitals ...

The Labour Party questioned the ability of Tory ministers to fix the “crisis” as it was revealed 315 high-rise buildings are still covered in flammable aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding more ...

The government has revealed it is widening its probe into cladding following last year’s Grenfell fire and is now assessing the risks posed by non-ACM material. Post-Grenfell initiatives has so-far ...

Developers who covered tower blocks in unsafe cladding have paid back less than 3% of the cash lent out by the government to make buildings safe, sparking accusations they are “getting away with it”.

The judge leading the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has ruled that the cladding installed on the tower did not comply with building regulations, finding that the polyethylene-cored panels were the “primary ...

Councils in London are calling on the government to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. Prime minister Theresa May has previously promised to ...

Tom Hopson, associate director of Encore Estate Mangement talks about the importance of the removal and replacement of ACM cladding and the government's new Building Safety Programme. As yet another ...

Jonathan Sakula, an expert with 30 years’ experience in the facades industry, said the combustibility of building systems similar to that used at the west London tower block were well known. According ...

The type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower is likely to have to be removed from hundreds of buildings in order to make people safe, a housing expert has said. Hotels, private sector blocks, hospitals ...