More than four years after a fired raged through the 24-floor Grenfell Tower apartment building in London, causing 72 deaths, the government has told builders and developers they must fund and replace ...

BENGALURU: The UK government said on Wednesday it had agreed to a 5 billion pound ($6.50 billion) deal with housebuilders to eradicate flammable cladding on buildings over 11 meters high. Removing the ...

UK government sets cladding removal deadlineThe UK government has set out plans for a new law that would set a deadline for building owners to fix unsafe cladding. UK government sets cladding removal ...

If anything confirms the fact that Britain’s ruling elite, as with their counterparts internationally, could not care less about the safety and lives of millions of working-class people, it is the ...

A fire that ripped through and gutted a tower block in Dagenham this week echoes the catastrophic failings that killed 72 people in the Grenfell disaster – as damning figures reveal thousands more ...

Simply sign up to the Property sector myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Developers will next week be asked by ministers to pay up to £4bn to cover the costs of the removal of dangerous ...

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