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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK housebuilders will be given 18 months to start fixing dangerous cladding on blocks of flats under government ...

(Alliance News) - Housebuilders and developers have six weeks to agree to a GBP2 billion remediation package for unsafe buildings or face "significant consequences", the UK government said on Monday.

Owners of flats in high-rise buildings that have unsafe cladding may be able to more easily sell or remortgage their homes, thanks to a shift in lending policy at six major banks. Barclays, HSBC, ...