Ministers have been pressed over why “crooks” running a firm that made the cladding on Grenfell Tower that was devastated in a fire eight years ago are “not behind bars”.

The country’s tower block cladding crisis may take more than a decade and up to £16.6bn to resolve, according to a report from the National Audit Office. The spending watchdog says the government has ...

The block, built in 1974, was originally the office of the American chemical company DuPont. It was converted to flats in the 2010s, developed by Chadwell Properties.

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 ...

Dagenham fire: Tower block that went up in flames was in the middle of having cladding replaced Work to replace cladding with new, highly fire-resistant panels had begun, but less than a week ago ...

Lodged incongruously on the metal cladding of an office block in the City of London, a blue plaque marks the birthplace of Thomas More. In 1516 he published “Utopia”, sketching out a vision of ...

“Following a full review of this building, the existing concrete frame and cladding that was constructed is unsuitable for developing into residential housing so needs to be demolished.

Expert criticises buck-passing on cladding after London tower block fire The property in Dagenham was undergoing ‘remedial’ work to remove and replace ‘non-compliant cladding’.

CAMPAIGNERS have told the government it must step up action to remove dangerous tower block cladding in the wake of the massive fire in Dagenham. End our Cladding Scandal slammed Sir Keir Starmer for ...

Since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, cladding has become the building industry's worst nightmare. A rush to provide low-cost, lightweight and energy-efficient wrapping for modern buildings ...