Angela Rayner denies being ‘aggressive’ in meeting with Grenfell survivors Politics Angela Rayner has denied being “aggressive” during a meeting of the Grenfell bereaved and survivors when informing them about the decision to dismantle the tower. The deputy prime minister said it is “not a possibility” for Grenfell tower to remain in its current state. The tower will be brought down to ground level, with some parts returned where possible [...]
Persimmon boss warns triple Budget hit will add billions for housebuilders Property Persimmon chief executive Dean Finch has warned that higher costs from new levies will add around £40m in annual costs and add “billions” in expenses across the housebuilding sector. He claimed that the taxes would hurt the government’s ambitious target of building 1.5m homes by 2029, telling The Times that there was a “disconnect” between [...]
The Notebook: Starmer should spend more time on Linkedin Opinion Sir Keir Starmer should spend more time clicking away on the world’s most insincere website, according to Michael Martins, founding partner of Overton Advisory Starmer should spend more time on LinkedIn Labour’s first successful International Investment Summit under Prime Minister Starmer yesterday has garnered all the right headlines. Tens of billions of pounds in investment [...]
Golfer Maguire urged to drop Kingspan sponsorship following Grenfell Inquiry September 18, 2024 Fellow golfer Shane Lowry ended his commercial relationship with Kingspan last week after the public inquiry into the London tower block fire.
Grenfell-linked firms awarded £350m in public sector contracts since fire September 17, 2024 Companies linked to the Grenfell fire have been awarded over £350m in public sector contracts since the building tragically caught fire seven years ago, a new analysis of public sector contracts has revealed. Figures shared with City A.M. showed that Saint-Gobain, Rydon and Kingspan – which all had connections to the fire – have between [...]
Grenfell: Barratt says fixing widespread cladding issues will take up to five years September 4, 2024 Barratt has said there is a shortage of qualified fire engineers who are able to refit buildings to reliable safety standards in light of the Grenfell tower disaster. “We recognise that this will take another three to five years to work through to resolution,” chief executive David Thomas said in the company’s full-year results. “There [...]
Grenfell: Firms involved to be barred from public contracts, Starmer vows September 4, 2024 Companies involved in the failings that led to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy will no longer be awarded government contracts, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister apologised for the disaster – which saw 72 people die in the tower block blaze in June 2017 – in a grave statement to the House of [...]
Incompetence that led to Grenfell shames us all September 4, 2024 Justice necessarily involves the apportion of blame, but in the case of the Grenfell tower catastrophe, there is so much liability to go around it seems impossible that the bereaved will ever feel they have had full redress. The inquiry’s final report, published yesterday, is an astonishing catalogue of error at every level. Governments stretching [...]
Grenfell Tower fire: ‘Systematic dishonesty’ by construction firms, report reveals September 4, 2024 The 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower fire were avoidable, and the blaze was a result of “decades of failure” by government and the construction industry, a report into the disaster has concluded. Scores of people who lost their lives in the blaze which engulfed the 24-storey tower block in north Kensington, on June 14, [...]
Grenfell Tower fire inquiry set to reveal findings on companies and government September 2, 2024 The second and final report of the long-running Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be released this Wednesday, bringing renewed attention to the catastrophic events that led to the loss of 72 lives in June 2017. The report is expected to contain 1,700 pages worth of scrutiny over the conditions that allowed the fire to spread so [...]