Cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower is lethal and must be fixed “as soon as possible”, government fire tests have found. Long-awaited tests carried out on High Pressure Laminate (HPL) ...

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 ...

Landlords and managers of tower blocks are facing urgent calls to remove cladding, despite coronavirus social distancing measures, as new tests show just how fast flames can spread. In the past ...

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 ...

A fire at a student accommodation block in Bolton has brought into sharp focus a series of major fire safety concerns that are still unresolved more than two years after the Grenfell disaster. The ...