One of Britain's biggest housebuilders has set aside £125million to fix fire-trap flats after posting profits of £264million last year. Taylor Wimpey said the fund would 'provide certainty' for ...

Plans to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding, including target dates for making buildings safe and tougher penalties for refusing to act, have been announced by ministers. Under the plans, ...

Higher than expected costs to remove cladding from Taylor Wimpey's buildings in response to the Grenfell fire tragedy have wiped out its profits, the housebuilder has said. The company made a loss in ...

Manufacturers and developers could be effectively blocked from the housing market if they don't help fix cladding safety issues, the government has said. The risk posed by some kinds of aluminum ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Developers have hit out at the government’s latest plans to resolve the cladding crisis, which could see them ...

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