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Survivors and bereaved relatives from the Grenfell Tower disaster have condemned the Government’s “indefensible” Fire Safety Bill, which is set to leave hundreds of thousands of leaseholders paying to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings. The Bill, introduced in response to the deadly 2017 blaze, is set to become law after a final push to amend it was defeated in the House of Lords on Wednesday night. Although the Government had insisted that leaseholders would not bear the cost of removing the flammable materials, critics say the Bill will leave people liable for costs of up ...

Campaigners say the post-Grenfell reforms will leave leaseholders liable for the costs associated with removing dangerous cladding.

After attempts to amend the Fire Safety Bill failed, angry leaseholders expressed their concern once again. Boris Johnson faced a major Tory rebellion over the bill, but a final push in the House of Lords to amend it with protections for leaseholders was defeated on Wednesday night. Cladding being removed from Hanover tower block in Sheffield (Danny Lawson/PA) Stephen Squires, a leaseholder who lives in a tower block in Manchester – which was found to bear dangerous cladding, told the PA news agency the stress “is constantly praying on your mind”. He cited “the delays in getting the f...

Grenfell survivors condemn ‘grave injustice’ as leaseholders left facing huge bills to remove cladding Jane Dalton © Provided by The Independent Survivors and bereaved relatives from the Grenfell Tower fire disaster say they are furious after parliament voted for measures that will leave householders facing huge bills for removing dangerous cladding from homes. They say the new law on fire safety measures is “indefensible” because it could lead to hundreds of thousands of leaseholders shouldering costs running into tens of thousands of pounds. After the Grenfell tr...

ICL appoints Brendan Howell in strategic move into Ireland As part of a major new strategic move, ICL has appointed Brendan Howell to the new role of ICL Sales Development Manager for Professional Horticulture across Ireland. “Previously Bord na Móna’s national account manager for Professional growing media in the UK and Ireland, Brendan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience of the Irish market to this new role,” says Stephen Squires, Vice President – ICL Regional Business Lead. “His appointment is part of a strategic move that sees ICL offer its full range of Professional Ho...