Persimmon Homes has become the first housebuilder to sign the Scottish Government’s developer remediation contract, pledging ...

MSPs have voted in favour of the general principles of a bill that aims to raise money to repair unsafe cladding.

Residents of eight tower blocks in south-east London have said they are frustrated that work to replace the "high fire risk" cladding was "only half finished". People living in Royal Artillery Quays ...

The starting date for a tax on housing developers that will fund vital cladding remediation work is being delayed by a year, the Scottish Government has announced. Public finance minister Ivan McKee ...

Share this Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkeIn The UK’s continued difficulties in remediating flammable cladding from its housing stock following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 ...

There is a “widening” gap between identification and action in cladding remediation. Using government data, Property Inspect ...

Industry figures say the government’s updated 22-point Remediation Acceleration Plan lacks focus on non-cladding fire safety defects and there are still concerns around capacity of contractors and ...

The Fire Safety Act 2021 received Royal Assent at the end of last week. What the Act lacks in size (it’s only four sections long), it makes up for in the controversy it caused during its passage ...

Up to 1,450 residential buildings may need remediation work, including about 250 high-rises Up to £3bn of public money may have to be spent assessing and removing potentially flammable cladding from ...

A target date must be set for work – costing billions – to make thousands of buildings covered in dangerous cladding safe, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said. Up to 7,229 buildings across England ...