Aluminum composite panels cladding London’s Grenfell Tower were the main reason for the 23-story residential block becoming totally enveloped in flames in under three hours after a refrigerator caught ...

Replacing cladding on two Oxford City Council tower blocks could run into next year, the authority has admitted. Results from a second round of government safety tests on materials on the outside of ...

Mike Paternoster says his property was "a lot colder" this winter due to the lack of cladding Work to replace cladding on flats in a Surrey town may take "several years" to complete. Lakeview estate ...

Government assurances about fire safety in tower blocks have been thrown into doubt after Sky News discovered a previously approved cladding system has failed a fire test. It is thought scores of high ...

Conservative MP Bob Blackman asked Theresa May for an update on the work done by the government to ensure that tower blocks around the country are safe at Prime Minister’s Questions. Ms May replied: ...

The replacement of ‘potentially dangerous’ cladding on Trafford’s social housing tower blocks has been delayed even further. Work to strip off and replace the ‘potentially unsafe’ cladding on Trafford ...

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A popular cladding brand failed a safety test this week - despite being seen as so fire-safe that it is permitted on tall buildings without any extra tests, Newsnight has learned. Cladding removed for ...