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@Lees_Martina
Jul 18, 2019 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
More than 2 years after #Grenfell the govt finally admits (quietly in a technical note) that 2nd type of cladding - not only the ACM panels used on Grenfell Tower - should also be removed. This note means most HPL cladding must come down @ukcag @McrCladiators #claddingscandal Image
My @TheSTHome investigation showed the #claddingscandal beyond Grenfell-type ACM could affect as many as 200,000 people, mostly private leaseholders - many with HPL thetimes.co.uk/article/grenfe…
Who will pay? That’s the big question. The government cladding replacement fund only covers ACM - not HPL

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Jun 11, 2022
The hardest and most important article I have written in 20 years of journalism: Five years ago on Tuesday, 72 people died at #Grenfell. Over 10 pages, this is the definitive account of the disaster - and the lies, cover-ups and mistakes that led to it thetimes.co.uk/article/corner…
This is also the untold story of the 5-year-old girl from the Belkadi family on #Grenfell Tower's 20th floor: her mum, dad, big sister, 8, and baby sister all died. She alone survived. Her aunt Samira and I both cried talking about that terrible night thetimes.co.uk/article/corner…
And it is the shocking story of how the government failed to tighten flawed rules despite warnings, and how the three manufacturers of the panels that fuelled the fire practiced a "fraud... on the market". The details are devastating thetimes.co.uk/article/corner…
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Jan 9, 2022
thetimes.co.uk/article/buildi…
This is a partial victory for @EOCS_Official leaseholders (and @thesundaytimes campaign to help them) but comes with a big caveat: good luck with making the companies pay unless the government forces them thetimes.co.uk/article/why-di…
Operation Apex will trace corporate webs of SPVs that obscure #buildingsafetyscandal liability and also identify "egregious behaviour where freeholders have sought to aggressively pass on costs to innocent leaseholders", leaked papers show
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Apr 4, 2021
New court claims alleging that Zurich signed off dangerous flats as safe without proper inspections raise questions about why the giant offloaded new home warranties onto off-shore owned East West, which collapsed & left liability with statutory safety net thetimes.co.uk/article/zurich…
The cases also shine a light on why 700,000 live in flats that passed inspections but were found to have fire risks post Grenfell thetimes.co.uk/article/zurich…
Two new claims by owners of dangerous flats in Bradford & Swansea (incl at the tallest tower in Wales) allege Zurich fraudulently signed warranty cover notes claiming that final inspections were done. Zurich denies this thetimes.co.uk/article/zurich…
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Jan 24, 2021
1/6 Fire-risk bills of £100,000 per flat - much bigger than government policy has factored in - are landing on doormats as ministers plan loans for leaseholders #EndOurCladdingScandal thetimes.co.uk/article/hidden…
2/6 New @ARMAleasehold figures show average remediation bill is £50k per flat, of which flat owners must pay more than HALF for defects that breached building rules at the time but fall outside govt funds. This will add fuel to calls for developer levies thetimes.co.uk/article/hidden…
3/6 @thesundaytimes p4: 'Useless' fire wardens doubled in a year to 766 waking watches, costing leaseholders £174m a year, yet officials behind guidance that brought the patrols in admit they had no evidence it works - FOI @Labour4Housing @petermengerink thetimes.co.uk/article/flat-o…
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Sep 27, 2020
1/12 Today @thesundaytimes launches a campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal – Britain’s #hiddenhousingscandal – with Grenfell survivors, trapped residents and @insidehousing @GrenfellUnited @ukcag @McrCladiators @BrumLag @SotonCAG @LeedsCladding #EWS1 thetimes.co.uk/article/carey-…
2/12 Backers of our #EndOurCladdingScandal campaign include Carey Mulligan, Marcus of @MumfordAndSons @KathyBurke @PhilSpencerTV @MrGeorgeClarke @Kevin_McCloud @leilanifarha @SadiqKhan @AndyBurnhamGM @andy4wm @MetroMayorSteve thetimes.co.uk/article/carey-…
3/12 ...and @Shelter @fbunational @RIBA @natfednews @ARMAleasehold @unisontheunion @lordnickbourne @TheLordYoung also back our #EndOurCladdingScandal campaign thetimes.co.uk/article/carey-…
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Sep 20, 2020
For the past 2 weeks I spoke to >60 people to find out the true scale of the cladding crisis. It could leave 6% of homes unmortgageable for years and hit the whole housing market thetimes.co.uk/article/thousa…
So far, 92% of blocks have failed detailed new safety checks. Then lenders won't lend and leaseholders must wait 5-10yrs (and pay £££££) before they get the sign-off they need to sell/get a new mortgage
Lenders are asking almost any modern flat for this proof. I found examples in 3-storey brick buildings where sales fell through and caused chains to collapse
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