All cladding articles – Page 3
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Products firms refusing to back down over demand to pay cladding bill, CPA says
Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved
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Persimmon calls for £3bn levy to take account of contributions already made
Housebuilder pledges to work with government to ensure controversial £3bn levy is ‘fair’
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Galliard Homes signs cladding pledge
Developer Galliard Homes commits to remediating its own tower blocks between 11m and 18m
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UPDATED: full list of developers to have signed the cladding pledge
A total of 47 developers have so far signed the government’s demand they commit to remediating buildings between 11m and 18m and one has signalled an intent to do so.
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Housebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge
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Gove threatens ‘significant consequences’ for cladding firms’ failure to contribute to fire safety cost
Housing secretary said he would do “whatever it takes” to hold firms to account for the building safety crisis
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Gove announces plan for £3bn developer levy
Plan revealed as housing secretary says 35 housebuilders now signed up to cladding pledge
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Fire safety review not delayed by deregulation drive, Eric Pickles tells Grenfell inquiry
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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Former minister says government had ‘completely false’ idea of fire safety before Grenfell
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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Berkeley and Taylor Wimpey latest to sign developer cladding pledge
Berkeley and Taylor Wimpey have become the latest firms to answer the government’s call for housebuilders to repair blocks going back 30 years.
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Persimmon signs up to Gove cladding deal
Firm confirms ’developer pledge’ will see housebuilders repair blocks going back 30 years, as revealed by Housing Today
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Gove and housebuilders close to deal on cladding repairs
Negotiators working on text of “pledge” to remediate housing blocks - but funding for ‘orphan’ buildings unresolved
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Lakanal House fire ‘not severe’ enough to prompt cladding investigation, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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Official knew there was ‘clear risk’ of major ACM fire three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead ‘lulled’ him into false sense of security
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G15 boss says housebuilders can afford fire safety bill
Geeta Nanda says funding through schemes such as Help to Buy means Gove’s £4bn repair bill can be met
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Official admits to Grenfell Inquiry that ambiguous building regs guidance ‘didn’t work’
Former civil servant in charge of the rules says industry had been expected to work out what fire safety guidance meant
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Exclusive: HBF boss hits out at Gove over ‘cartel’ slur
Stewart Baseley calls housing secretary’s comments ’extremely worrying’ in leaked letter
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RICS updates EWS1 form to reflect ‘proportionate’ approach to fire safety checks
But forms already completed still valid until new assessments carried out on blocks
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MPs demand comprehensive building safety fund to pay for repairs
Select committee echoes housebuilders call that suppliers, subbies, insurers and other developers contribute to costs