BENGALURU: The UK government said on Wednesday it had agreed to a 5 billion pound ($6.50 billion) deal with housebuilders to eradicate flammable cladding on buildings over 11 meters high. Removing the ...

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 ...

Timber cladding has become a familiar sight on buildings across the UK, from contemporary housing developments to extensions and refurbishment projects. Its popularity reflects a wider shift ...

Five years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed critical failures in the safety of high-rise buildings in the UK, the resulting “cladding scandal” continues to affect thousands of homeowners. For ...

But the scale of the issue goes far beyond ACM, as other types of cladding have also been identified as potentially dangerous. Across England, the Government has identified 4,336 buildings taller than ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK housebuilders will be given 18 months to start fixing dangerous cladding on blocks of flats under government ...