Plans to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding, including target dates for making buildings safe and tougher penalties for refusing to act, have been announced by ministers. Under the plans, ...

Developers have struck a deal with the government to help fix unsafe cladding on tall buildings they have worked on. Housing Secretary Michael Gove said it was a "significant" step to ensuring "those ...

The safety of high-rise buildings has been under the microscope since dozens of people lost their lives in the tragic Grenfell Tower blaze. The Government has now pledged to take fresh action to ...

A woman caught up in the cladding scandal has been hit with a bill for more than £200,000 for fire safety repairs - almost the same as the value of her flat. Tens of thousands of leaseholders face ...

One of Britain's biggest housebuilders has set aside £125million to fix fire-trap flats after posting profits of £264million last year. Taylor Wimpey said the fund would 'provide certainty' for ...

If it wishes to retain that mantle then it needs to step up and solve the cladding situation. So far the Government has put £5billion aside for the repair work and has given leaseholders 15 years to ...

Taylor Wimpey's profits have been wiped out by higher-than-expected costs to remove cladding from its buildings in response to the Grenfell fire tragedy. The company made a loss in the first half of ...