Since the Grenfell fire, repairs have been required to buildings with unsafe cladding. This created an affordability crisis with many flat-owners facing large bills for renovations. The government has ...

Plans to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding, including target dates for making buildings safe and tougher penalties for refusing to act, have been announced by ministers. Under the plans, ...

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Sara Robertson used to wake up in the middle of the night thinking that she heard a fire alarm and her apartment was going to burn down. Ms Robertson said the unknown cost of dealing with flammable ...

Anais Wood saved up for years to buy her dream home, but it quickly became one of the worst decisions of her life. Ms Wood will have to foot a huge bill to remove combustible cladding She, like many ...

A popular cladding brand failed a safety test this week - despite being seen as so fire-safe that it is permitted on tall buildings without any extra tests, Newsnight has learned. Cladding removed for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Work to make England’s multistorey residential buildings safe from dangerous cladding could cost up to £22.4bn, ...

North America Cladding Systems Market was valued at US$ 66.1 billion in 2023 and is projected to attain a market size of US$ 123.6 billion by 2032 at a CAGR of 7.21% during the forecast period ...