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 ...

It would be “wrong and unfair” to pin the blame for the Grenfell Tower fire on the manufacturer of the building’s cladding panels, the company has told an inquiry into the 2017 disaster. Stephen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...