Leaked documents appear to show that cheaper cladding was used on Grenfell Tower than more expensive alternatives. Paperwork seen by the BBC suggested contractors working for Kensington and Chelsea ...

It is four years this month that 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images · Leon Neal via Getty Images It is four years this month that 72 people lost their ...

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Others have seen dreams of a comfortable retirement destroyed and may have to hand back the keys to their properties. Even though their homes do not have the cladding which caused the Grenfell blaze ...

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Companies were accused today of cashing in on the rush to make tower blocks safe as it emerged they are hiking charges for materials and work. Local authorities may face bills totalling hundreds of ...

The cost of building a home is starting to edge up again, with QV CostBuilder’s latest data showing the first signs of upward pressure as timber and cladding prices rise in the final quarter of 2025.

The drop in building material prices and cancelled projects has left cladding specialists with left-over stock and financial strain, Middle East firms have said. Many firms bought their materials when ...

Fireproof cladding planned for grenfell tower was not used and swapped for a more flammable to save £293,000, leaked emails revealed today. Kensington housing officials demanded ‘good costs’ to ...

Owners may be forced to sell their homes for ‘peanuts’, according to a western Sydney councillor, if state and federal intervention into the combustible cladding drama isn’t made soon. As apartment ...