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This line in the report of the cladding expert at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry essentially says the govt has been wrong to claim it had banned the cladding used on

New: The UK has lost 27.4% of the inspectors employed by councils to ensure buildings meet regulations in the last 10 years, FOIs from councils showhttps://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-disappearing-act-cuts-to-building-control-profes

Lunchtime update from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry:- Eddie Daffarn witness statement describes "heartbreak" at loss of Grenfell Tower community and feels he was "stigmatised as a trouble maker" by TMO

This is a pretty extraordinary revelation from today at the inquiry.When the NHBC (the country's largest building control body) threatened to tell the market about Kingspan's combustible insulation was non-compliant

Having reflected on all this, I have a couple more observations I want to make.https://twitter.com/PeteApps/status/1329800554177044480 1. I would challenge anyone who believes in the sanctity of deregulated free markets to

So today at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, KCTMO witness Peter Maddison just asked about a story I first reported in 2019: The TMO's decision not to fit sprinklers after Lakanal

BREAKING: A 1,000-home estate of mostly student housing in west London is to be evacuated immediately due to a "multitude" of fire safety issues which mean resident safety can no

Pretty astonishing start to the inquiry this morning, as it emerges Peter Maddison of the TMO has just disclosed his diaries and workbooks covering the refurbishment, having previously kept them

Just 189 of 458 buildings in the ACM programme have completed remediation in 3 years. The target for full completion was June 2020.Instead of trying spin this as a success,

Lunchtime update from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry:- Rydon manager gloated about being 'quids in' as he discussed profit boost company would get through switching cladding to deadly ACM A large

Amid a flurry of coverage of the misery being caused by the cladding scandal this week, I think it's worth explaining that this problem comes from 30 years of building

A hotel in the Shetlands which was destroyed in a fire last week was built in a factory out of modules formed from polyurethene insulation and chipboard, documents show. It