The government said a process carried out by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) showed that certain cladding systems using aluminium composite material with a category two fire-resistant ...

Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony's light fitting caught fire, investigators have concluded. Nearly 300 residents were evacuated ...

An east London council has taken legal action against a private building owner to remove Grenfell-style cladding from a high-rise property. Tower Hamlets Council has secured a remediation order, which ...

Building warranty provider the National House Building Council (NHBC) has agreed to contribute to the cost of removing dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from more private tower blocks, Inside Housing ...

About 300 people were evacuated from the building after the fire in August Flammable cladding and strong winds helped a blaze spread across an apartment building after a balcony's light fitting caught ...

Less than £1.5m of £200m allocated to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings in the private sector has been handed out, a damning report by the UK’s spending watchdog has revealed. An ...

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 ...

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The latest government data reveals there are 4,613 residential buildings 11m and over with unsafe cladding Remediation work has begun or been completed on only 50% of the 4,630 housing blocks that are ...