NAO: Government ‘lagging behind’ in replacing high-rise cladding
The government has not made as much progress as it expected in remediating dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings, the National Audit Office said.
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Building Safety Fund only covers a third of unsafe buildings, MPs warn
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has warned that the government’s £1 billion Building Safety Fund will be ‘insufficient’ to make buildings with dangerous cladding or fire safety issues safe.
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Government launches £1bn Building Safety Fund
The much-discussed £1 billion fund will cover the cost of removing unsafe non-ACM cladding on residential buildings that are 18 metres and over in height.
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GMCA: Building Safety Fund ‘not enough’ to address fire safety
The £1bn Building Safety Fund won’t be enough to make buildings safe from fire, the Greater Manchester High Rise Task Force has warned the HCLG Committee.
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Northern councils pledge to continue building safety work
Leaders from six Northern councils have pledged to continue removing unsafe cladding from residential tower blocks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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GMCA calls for urgent funding to fix high-rise buildings under 18m
The Salford Mayor Paul Dennett has urged government to fund remediation work on all high-rise buildings ahead of today’s reading of the Fire Safety Bill.
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Budget 2020: Sunak scrapes together a down payment on Johnson’s debt to the North
The new Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first Budget was heavy on mitigating the coronavirus, less so in alleviating the chronic housing
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Fusion21 reveals suppliers appointed to £250m energy efficiency framework
SMALL and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have formed a majority of businesses successful appointed to Fusion21’s national energy efficiency framework.
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Manchester Cladiators join Mayors Burnham and Dennett to lobby Parliament over high-rise safety
METRO Mayors Andy Burnham and Paul Dennett are joining the Manchester Cladiators and high-rise residents to demand Government action to
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Bolton blaze raises fresh concerns about cladding safety in residential buildings
QUESTIONS are inevitably being asked about the safety of cladding on residential buildings, following the devastating fire at a student
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Brokenshire empowers councils to remove dangerous cladding from private highrise apartment buildings
COUNCILS will be able to take action to remove dangerous ACM cladding from private residential blocks and recoup the costs
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Government releases first wave of cash to remove ACM cladding from social sector highrises
THE Government has released the first wave of funding to social landlords so that they can pay for the removal
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Campaigners’ accuse Government of “disgraceful” progress on removing combustible cladding
TRADE union Unite has urged its members to sign an open letter to housing secretary James Brokenshire condemning a lack
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Council chiefs welcome ban on use of combustible cladding systems
TOWN hall chiefs have welcomed a Government decision to ban the use of combustible materials in external cladding on highrise
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Newcastle’s Byker Wall Estate is getting new cladding and sprinklers
WORK is underway to install a new sprinkler system into one of the iconic buildings that make up the Grade
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