All social landlords in Wales are being told to carry out fire safety tests on tower block cladding similar to the material used at Grenfell Tower. Welsh Government previously suggested testing of ...

The government has told social landlords to carry out tests of cladding on tower blocks they own. The Grenfell Tower fire last week tore up the outside of the building, leading to widespread ...

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks ...

The freeholder Wallace Estate says cladding removal work will be finished in April Building work to remove flammable cladding at a fire-hit block flats has started. Nearly 300 people were evacuated ...

Two Greater Manchester housing associations have suspended removal of aluminium composite material (ACM) panels from high-rise blocks because of “unclear” government guidance. Salix Homes, formed in ...

Since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, cladding has become the building industry's worst nightmare. A rush to provide low-cost, lightweight and energy-efficient wrapping for modern buildings ...

Government funding to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from privately-owned tower blocks has been approved for just one building, official figures show. The Labour Party questioned the ability ...