On 21 December 2018 the government’s promised ban on the use of aluminium composite (ACM) cladding on residential buildings came into force. Paul Tonkin answers some key questions. The ban does not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Grenfell Tower tragedy of 14 June 2017 turned cladding into a nightmare for thousands of families across the UK. Millions of people found that they were living in buildings covered in substances ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...