Boris Johnson pledges to help victims of cladding scandal and says leaseholders shouldn’t foot bill

Boris Johnson pledges to help victims of the cladding scandal and says leaseholders shouldn’t foot the bill for defects PM said Government ‘determined’ home owners would not have to pay the bills   Campaigners said ministers yet to follow up on commitments made in the past Over a million homeowners have been left unable to sell or … Read more

Ministers stump up cladding cash to quell Tory rebellion

Ministers stump up cladding cash to quell Tory rebellion: Government will provide more money for people faced with cost of fixing unsafe material in wake of Grenfell amid fury from MPs Leaseholders face average cost of £40,000 each to replace dangerous cladding  Tory MPs have accused ministers of ‘incompetence’ in their response to crisis   Christopher … Read more

Tory MPs blast ministers over cladding crisis in the wake of Grenfell inferno

Incompetent! Tory MPs blast ministers over cladding crisis in the wake of Grenfell inferno MPs of all stripes rounded on Government during a landmark Commons debate Labour motion called on ministers to provide funding to fix unsafe homes But the vote not binding although campaigners hailed it as ‘encouraging’   By Miles Dilworth Money Mail Reporter Published: … Read more

Labour demands ‘task force’ to tackle dangerous cladding

Labour demands ‘task force’ to tackle dangerous cladding as 11MILLION face fire risk, higher costs and plunging property prices Sir Keir Starmer is demanding ministers set up a task force to fix cladding crisis Labour will try to force a vote in the House of Commons this afternoon on issue Labour estimates as many as … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Make owners foot the bill for cladding scandal?

Ever since the cladding scandal emerged in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower conflagration, our post bags have overflowed with desperate missives from flat-owners. We have been told of the heartbreak of young couples, unable to sell their poky flats and forced to delay – who knows for how long – their dreams of starting … Read more

Cabinet tussle over £10bn pot for cladding victims

Pressure is mounting on the Chancellor to sanction a £10billion rescue package for families hit by the building safety scandal. Rishi Sunak is being pressed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to come up with a multi-billion-pound deal to repair homes with dangerous cladding.  Ministers are considering imposing a levy on construction firms to make them atone … Read more

Labour demands protection for millions of homeowners from cost of replacing faulty cladding

Labour demands protection for millions of homeowners from ‘intolerable’ cost of replacing cladding found to be faulty after deadly Grenfell Tower fire amid fears a sixth of ALL homes could be affected Sir Keir Starmer said the current situation was ‘intolerable’ for homeowners  Cladding criticised after 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster that left 72 people dead  … Read more

Boris Johnson warns banks must NOT refuse mortgages on homes with cladding that are ‘perfectly safe’

Boris Johnson has warned banks they must not refuse mortgages on homes with cladding that are ‘perfectly safe’. Thousands of homeowners face the cost of removing cladding from their buildings in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, which killed 72 people in 2017.  Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions today, Mr Johnson was asked to come … Read more

Two firms behind Grenfell’s cladding and insulation scandal face being BANNED from state contracts 

Two companies that caused outrage over their behaviour in the Grenfell scandal face being put on a Government blacklist as punishment. Ministers want them banned from all state contracts on the grounds they are not fit to be trusted, the Daily Mail can reveal. It comes amid fury over the conduct of Arconic and Kingspan, whose … Read more

Cladding victory for Mail as threat to gag families is lifted 

Cladding victory for Mail as threat to gag families who are stuck in homes with fire-risk insulation panels is lifted  EXCLUSIVE Gag threat to families has been lifted by the House Secretary  He pledged that no one would be punished for speaking out about safety failings Leaseholders hit by the cladding scandal were terrified of talking openly … Read more