Lawyers for the manufacturer of highly combustible cladding used on Grenfell Tower have described its much-criticised failure to disclose devastating fire tests before the blaze as a “non-issue” and ...

The UK government failed to warn the building sector about the potential dangers around aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding despite a test in 2001 which showed a “catastrophic escalation” of ...

“The requirement from DCLG for testing of the cladding on high rise residential blocks is only for those with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding – of which we have none, therefore there is no ...

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks ...

Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed” A series of dramatic failed fire tests on aliminimum composite material (ACM) cladding before the Grenfell ...

Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high The government took no action to ban ACM cladding despite being shown “catastrophic” results of a fire test ...

The British government has been accused of trying to cover up a “national scandal” by telling local councils it was "appropriate" to block the release of information about high-rise buildings that ...

The freeholder Wallace Estate says cladding removal work will be finished in April Building work to remove flammable cladding at a fire-hit block flats has started. Nearly 300 people were evacuated ...

The Grenfell Tower tragedy of 14 June 2017 turned cladding into a nightmare for thousands of families across the UK. Millions of people found that they were living in buildings covered in substances ...