London Assembly Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee 13 October 2020 Item 5 – The Cladding Crisis and its Impact on Londoners – Panel 1 Andrew Dismore AM (Chair): This now brings us to our main item of business, a discussion on the cladding crisis and its impact on Londoners and the London Fire Brigade (LFB). In […]
Read morePrivate sector remediation of dangerous cladding (1) Question No: 2020/3454 Andrew Dismore The recent Parliamentary Accounts Committee report in cladding remediation highlighted the lack of remediation being undertaken in the private sector. In London 34 out 144 private sector buildings identified as being in need of remediation have had remediation work completed. How are you encouraging private sector building owners […]
Read morePrivate sector remediation of dangerous cladding (1) Question No: 2020/3454 Andrew Dismore The recent Parliamentary Accounts Committee report in cladding remediation highlighted the lack of remediation being undertaken in the private sector. In London 34 out 144 private sector buildings identified as being in need of remediation have had remediation work completed. How are you encouraging private sector building owners […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM questioned London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the over impact of budget cuts due to Covid on the London Fire Brigade. The impact of Covid-19 and lockdown has left the GLA needing to address a shortfall of £493m in its income and extra expenditure meaning […]
Read moreEWS1 (External Wall Safety 1) forms were introduced in December 2019. They are designed to speed up the housing market by providing a standardised process to evaluate the safety of external cladding etc. on buildings above 18m. Where buildings above 18m are identified with dangerous cladding then a detailed description of what is needed to fix it will be provided. […]
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