Tower Hamlets: London council orders removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding in 'UK first'

Tower Hamlets Council secured a remediation order—the first of its kind in the UK—against a private building owner to remove Grenfell-style cladding from a high-rise.

Mayor Lutfur Rahman emphasized the urgency, stating: 'It is shocking that seven years after the devastating Grenfell Tower fire there are still high-rise buildings clad in ACM.'

Building safety minister Alex Norris warned building owners, saying: 'We will use that basket of tools in whatever way with each building to get it resolved.'

The Government aims for all buildings over 36ft with unsafe cladding to be remediated by the end of this decade, with consequences for non-compliance.

Read at www.standard.co.uk