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"The whole thing is a joke": Sprinkler system in Luton tower blocks yet to be completed after work started before pandemic
A man living in a block of flats in Luton has criticised the council for not completing work to add a sprinkler system after it started before the pandemic.
Portishead Marina residents trapped in year-long cladding crisis awaiting safety repairs
Following a safety report conducted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, significant defects were found in the building. | ITV News ...
Glasgow cladding fire safety 'in the hands of the Scottish Government'
A city councillor has claimed the powers to ensure funding is properly checked and if necessary replaced were still with ...
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MHCLG under pressure over post-Grenfell building upgrades
Up to 7,200 problem blocks have yet to be identified while total remediation costs are estimated at £16.6bn, NAO says ...
It's time to end ‘merry-go-round of buck-passing’ over cladding scandal: Greg Wright
The latest official figures, up to the end of September, showed there were 4,821 residential buildings of at least 11 metres in height identified with unsafe cladding, up by 50 since the previous ...
Nearly a year after fire, Tesla Science Center determined to renovate
Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe's renovations are on hold after a fire last year. Officials are determined to start up ...
London Assembly demands 'proper funding' to fix cladding crisis with nearly 2,000 buildings at risk
Ms Bokhari said: “The measures [recommended by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry] will only be effective if fire and rescue services ...
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Cladding removal could cost up to £22bn, says National Audit Office
Remediating the country’s dangerously clad buildings could cost up to £22 billion, the government spending watchdog has warned ...
Government slams ‘unacceptably slow’ cladding removal work
Building Safety Minister Alex Norris promises cladding removal work will speed up, as spending watchdog finds more than half ...
Cowboy builders ride away from their fire trap buildings and saddle up for another rodeo
the absence of fire-stopping and cavity barriers and (chillingly in the light of the Grenfell Tower disaster in London) ...
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Government must publish a target date for cladding remediation – NAO
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, said: “Seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there has been progress, but ...
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Dangerous cladding requires government target
National Audit Office Head Gareth Davies commented: “Seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there has been progress, but considerable uncertainty remains regarding the number of buildings ...