The new Fire Safety Act failed to protect all leaseholders from cladding repair costs and the head of the committee that scrutinises Government housing policy is not holding back about who needs to pick up the bill.
Chairman of the Communities and Local Government committee, Clive Betts MP, spoke exclusively to us about the cladding situation in Britain and why he believes more needs to be done to help flat owners affected.
We asked him about what the solution is to Britain s cladding crisis, how much it will cost to sort out, and whether all leaseholders should be prevented from picking up the bill.
Housing committee s chair attacks Government for failing to protect leaseholders
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Fire risk cladding found on another luxury tower block in Plymouth
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Dawn Butler MP, Brent Central
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8:45 AM May 22, 2021
Damage to a 19-storey tower block in New Providence Wharf in Tower Hamlets which is covered in Grenfell Tower type cladding
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The shocking scenes two weeks ago of the burning tower block in London serves as a reminder to the government - we need radical change now.
The Fire Safety Bill has received Royal Assent and is enacted in law. This legislation has been a very serious matter of concern for Brent residents.
I have been contacted by many people who are filled with deep worry, living in buildings identified as a fire risk. Leaseholders also have the added financial burden of building works with freeholders in many cases seeking to pass along costs of repairs.
Fire-risk Grenfell cladding found at luxury apartment block on Plymouth Hoe
Azure and Azure West is set to endure re-cladding work after assessment revealed combustible cladding
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One of the city s most lavish and prominent apartment blocks is to have combustible cladding removed and replaced.