A council has decided to strip high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding from three of its tower blocks, following new government advice issued last week. Labour-run Oxford City Council will replace the ...

The government has been criticised for focusing too narrowly on Grenfell-style cladding when other types of “untested”, potentially unsafe cladding are widely installed in the built environment. “Much ...

Thousands of people are at risk of a Grenfell-style fire because of a “flawed” test that stated a type of cladding covering hundreds of tower blocks is safe, the government has been told. Fire safety ...