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Cladding works set to cost housebuilder Redrow £200m

Housebuilder Redrow has set aside a further £164 million after vowing to carry out more first safety works in the wake of the Grenfell Tragedy. It will take the cost of the firm’s fire safety provisions to £200 million. Redrow has become one of the ...

06 Apr 2022 at 09:25

Scotland

Humza Yousaf challenged to guarantee safety of Edinburgh’s Sick Kids hospital

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is being asked if he can guarantee Edinburgh’s new Sick Kids hospital is safe, amid concerns that cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower has been installed at the flagship hospital. Scottish Liberal Democrat ...

10 Apr 2022 at 12:25

City

Crest and Taylor Wimpey reveal hefty bills for cladding works after new pledge

Housebuilders Crest Nicholson and Taylor Wimpey have revealed further hefty bills after vowing to carry out more fire safety works on tall buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The firms are among those to sign up to the ...

05 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Buy-to-let landlords facing cladding bills ‘makes no sense’, ministers warned

Landlords have warned the Government that getting buy-to-let landlords to pay for cladding removal “makes no sense”. Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), has urged ministers to rectify ...

31 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Cladding: Minister orders probe into ‘crippling’ insurance costs for residents

The insurance market is not working properly for residents stuck in buildings with unsafe cladding, and many have seen their premiums double in just a year, Communities Secretary Michael Gove has said. In a letter to the Financial ...

28 Jan 2022 at 09:25

City

Soaring house prices offset rising costs for Taylor Wimpey

One of the UK’s biggest housebuilders has said a spike in the price of its homes has fully made up for the soaring costs of staff and building materials, and supply chain shortages. Taylor Wimpey’s boss said the firm delivered an ...

17 Jan 2022 at 09:25

Michael Gove meets developers over funding for cladding work

Communities Secretary Michael Gove is meeting with developers on Thursday to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) said. Mr Gove is expected to discuss ...

20 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Michael Gove meets developers to discuss funding for cladding work

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has met developers to discuss how to pay for works to rectify cladding and building safety issues. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said Mr Gove spoke to ...

20 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Gove sets March deadline for developers to come up with £4bn cladding plan

Developers must agree a £4 billion plan to fix dangerous cladding on low-rise flats by early March or risk new laws forcing them to act, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said. The Cabinet minister threatened that he ...

10 Jan 2022 at 04:55

Scotland

Tories in ‘urgency’ call over replacing cladding in Scottish schools

The Scottish Conservatives have called for “urgency” in replacing banned combustible cladding in Scotland’s schools. It comes after a freedom of information request submitted by the party revealed 88 school buildings ...

08 Aug 2022 at 22:33

Residents call for funding after ‘falling through cracks’ over cladding relief

Residents of buildings that have “fallen through the cracks” in relation to funding for the removal of dangerous cladding have called on the Government to pay for all of their costs. Ritu Saha, a 47-year-old ...

10 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Cladding removal delays putting lives at risk, claims Labour

Delays to removing risky cladding from buildings in Scotland are a “dangerous waste of time and money”, Labour has said. The party claims the budget for removal work is worse off by £10 million as a result ...

15 May 2022 at 01:25

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