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10 Jan 22
Local government secretary Michael Gove has suggested that higher taxes could be levied on property developers as a “backstop” to fund the £4bn removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding.
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24 May 21
The Grenfell Tower fire has so far cost the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea £406m, documents have revealed.
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10 Feb 21
A new £3.5bn fund to fix unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings has been announced by housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
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17 Jan 20
There are still 91 social housing buildings covered in Grenfell-style ACM cladding over two years after the tragedy, official figures have shown.
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30 May 19
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea made a series of multi-million pound property deals while cutting costs on Grenfell Tower’s refurbishments, research has found.
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9 May 19
Charities and trade bodies have criticised the time it has taken the government to launch a £200m fund to remove Grenfell-style cladding from private high-rise buildings.
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29 Mar 19
A man has been jailed for fraudulently claiming more than £47,000 of support intended for victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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30 Nov 18
Local authorities have been given the government’s “full support” to take enforcement action to remove Grenfell-style cladding from private buildings.
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18 Oct 18
The first round of funding to remove Grenfell-style cladding has been released to local authorities and housing associations today.
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3 Aug 18
Grenfell Tower will come under central government control, it has been announced.
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21 Jun 18
Kensington and Chelsea council’s efforts to re-house residents after the Grenfell Tower fire were ‘incompetent’ and ‘indifferent’, a survivor has suggested to MPs.
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8 Jun 18
An investigation is to be launched into the response of fire services to the Grenfell Tower inferno in which 71 people died, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.
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1 Jun 18
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council spent 25% of its usable reserves last financial year as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire, figures out today have revealed.
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24 May 18
While much of the focus was understandably on cladding, the Hackitt Review could have a profound impact on tenant engagement, regulation and housing management, says Chartered Institute of Housing’s...
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24 Apr 18
Public sector expert Sir Michael Lyons has called for some of the soaring value of land assets to be used to boost social and affordable housing.
10 Jan 22Local government secretary Michael Gove has suggested that higher taxes could be levied on property developers as a “backstop” to fund the £4bn removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding.
24 May 21The Grenfell Tower fire has so far cost the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea £406m, documents have revealed.
10 Feb 21A new £3.5bn fund to fix unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings has been announced by housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
17 Jan 20There are still 91 social housing buildings covered in Grenfell-style ACM cladding over two years after the tragedy, official figures have shown.
24 Apr 18Public sector expert Sir Michael Lyons has called for some of the soaring value of land assets to be used to boost social and affordable housing.
