A £1 million fund to remove unsafe cladding from private residential buildings in Northern Ireland has opened for applications four years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed its dangers. Aluminium ...

A London council said it has taken legal action against building owners to demand they remove Grenfell-style cladding in what it described as the first case of its kind. Tower Hamlets Council said it ...

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks ...

A block in south London has been left exposed and without cladding for more than a year, after issues over a government funding deal to install replacement cladding delayed work. Leaseholders of ...

Tower Hamlets said it is the first council in the country to bring a legal action of this kind against a freeholder of a private building (Alamy/PA) A London council said it has taken legal action ...

The UK government failed to warn the building sector about the potential dangers around aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding despite a test in 2001 which showed a “catastrophic escalation” of ...

Brian Martin tells Grenfell Inquiry he ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action A senior civil servant has told the Grenfell inquiry that he “struggles to understand” why he did not take ...