The government could miss its own cladding removal completion date if progress is not made to speed up the process, the UK's spending watchdog has said. In a new report, the National Audit Office (NAO ...

Developer Persimmon has vowed to set aside £75m ($104m) to fix potentially unsafe cladding on its buildings, as the government prepares a new bailout to help tackle the cladding scandal. UK housing ...

Shadow housing minister Mike Amesbury told Property Week he expected protests after the amendment, which would have made freeholders liable for the removal of dangerous cladding, was voted down on ...

The government will pay for the removal of unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in high-rise buildings, housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced. Under plans announced today (February 10) the ...

More than four years after a fired raged through the 24-floor Grenfell Tower apartment building in London, causing 72 deaths, the government has told builders and developers they must fund and replace ...

Elderly residents living in a "freezing cold" council tower block could receive financial support for heating costs. After Bristol City Council removed the flammable cladding from Gilton House in July ...

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The property industry has reacted with a mix of praise, scepticism and criticism to the government’s plan to ask developers to cover up to £4bn in costs to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height ...