People living in dangerous homes say the “strain has never been greater” during the pandemic as official figures show 313 high rises are still covered in the material blamed for the spread of the ...

The UK government has promised to pay to replace combustible cladding on private high-rise housing, almost two years after the Grenfell Tower fire. A reported 176 privately-owned residential buildings ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Councils and low-cost housing providers say they could build more than 90,000 additional affordable homes over ...

Dangerous Grenfell Tower-style cladding has been removed from just 15% of high-rise buildings identified by the government in the aftermath of the disaster, official figures show. Only 67 of 437 ...

UK government sets cladding removal deadlineThe UK government has set out plans for a new law that would set a deadline for building owners to fix unsafe cladding. UK government sets cladding removal ...

The Scottish government has said it will not follow the UK government's "piecemeal approach" for funding to remove unsafe cladding. UK ministers promised an extra £3.5bn to help remove unsafe material ...

UK prime minister Theresa May has pledged £400 million to remove and replace dangerous cladding on social-housing blocks, one year after the Grenfell Tower fire. May made the pledge during Prime ...

People have been evacuated from tower blocks in north London Cladding on 259 high-rise buildings has failed fire safety tests, latest figures reveal. The government announced plans to carry out tests ...