The cladding crisis prompted by the deaths at Grenfell Tower, has been rumbling on for years, with a complex set of Tory policies rather weakly driven forward by the previous Govt.

Now Labour has set a new deadline for all remediation work to be completed by the end of 2029 or landlords/owners will face 'severe penalties'.

But, the problem of whether remediation is sufficient to safeguard against a repeat of the Grenfell Tower remains, as do the issues about tenants' costs!

#cladding
h/t FT

Well, we saw what speed in favour of correct/robust procedures did around the Covid procurement process (fraud enabled & colluded with), and now while the Tories were still in power we find that the same sort of thing happened with the cladding funds.... a £500,000 fraud seems to have been perpetrated on the public funds.

There is a reason that processes need to be followed & whatever the Tories might think its not all jobs for bureaucrats!

#Grenfell #cladding

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/04/fraudsters-may-have-stolen-500000-from-cladding-removal-building-safety-fund-watchdog-reveals