'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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
South London News3d
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) ...
PoliticsHome2d
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 ...
Building2d
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 ...
H&V News1d
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 local disaster, Tayshan Hayden-Smith helps neighborhoods rebuild—with plants
The former pro soccer player has returned home to London with a plan to rejuvenate the city’s neighborhoods—and empower its ...
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 ...