NAO: 60% of buildings with flammable cladding still not identified
FIRE SAFETY

NAO: 60% of buildings with flammable cladding still not identified

By William Eichler | 04 November 2024

Up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding have not yet been identified seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

POLITICS

Budget: Reeves attempts to drive up affordable homes

By William Eichler | 30 October 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed a raft of measures to tackle the ‘desperate lack of afford...

FIRE SAFETY

Working together towards new era of fire safety

By Kevin Blunden | 23 October 2024

As grey areas and regulatory ambiguity continue to cause confusion across the built environment, ...

HOUSING

'Decades of neglect' impact on fire safety enforcement

By Martin Ford | 02 October 2024

Talks have been held with the Government over councils’ need for more support to enforce fire saf...

FIRE SAFETY

Grenfell response was 'woefully lacking'

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2024

Kensington & Chelsea LBC’s response to the Grenfell disaster was ‘woefully lacking’, the chairman...

FIRE SAFETY

Grenfell's legacy of failure laid bare

By Heather Jameson | 04 September 2024

Kensington & Chelsea LBC failed its community when it was needed most, writes Heather Jameson.

REGULATION

Ministers: Increase the pace of fixing unsafe buildings

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2024

Ministers have told regulators at a round table meeting to ‘increase the pace of remediating unsa...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Looking to the future

By Adele Gritten | 26 June 2024

Whichever party succeeds will need more, not less; the public sector will need support from organ...

COUNCILLORS

Ready or not?

19 April 2024

As a new regulatory regime gets underway for social housing, Peter Hubbard and Claire Ward offer ...

FINANCE

Transforming social housing: The task ahead for council teams

By Caroline Green | 15 April 2024

Now that the new social housing regulatory regime is in place, housing teams are embracing the ch...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Council hit by £4.6m employment tribunal payout

By Dan Peters | 18 March 2024

A council that harassed and discriminated against one of its directors will look to appeal an ‘ex...

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