Timber cladding has become a familiar sight on buildings across the UK, from contemporary housing developments to extensions and refurbishment projects. Its popularity reflects a wider shift ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Five years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed critical failures in the safety of high-rise buildings in the UK, the resulting “cladding scandal” continues to affect thousands of homeowners. For ...