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Grenfell Memorial Quilt volunteers holding a 'justice' sign

WATCH: Grenfell Memorial Quilt six and a half years on

Six and a half years after the Grenfell Tower fire which took 72 lives and destroyed many others, campaigners are

Tower block with cladding exposed

Putney MP calls for urgent action to tackle building safety crisis

Putney MP Fleur Anderson has called for urgent action to address the borough’s building safety crisis as the number of

‘We’re witnessing history repeating itself’ – Cladding victims tell their stories four years on from Grenfell

“We’ve even discussed packing an escape bag, full of our passports and other important documents in case we need to

“I’m never going to forget” Conservative London Assembly member on turbulent five years

When Conservative councillor Tony Devenish took the West Central General London Assembly (GLA) seat in 2016, he could not have

Shared owners trapped in their homes due to building safety forms

Leaseholders who bought their properties through a shared ownership scheme are trapped, unable to sell and potentially face bankruptcy due

Nearly 30,000 in Lambeth and Southwark still living in homes with unsafe cladding

Nearly 30,000 people in Lambeth and Southwark are living in homes with unsafe cladding, according to shocking new data compiled

Lambeth residents at high risk from fire in their own homes

Lambeth residents are at high risk from fire in their own homes. More than 12,000 people living in the borough

Richmond & Merton among UK’s slowest to remove Grenfell-style cladding

Fewer than half of buildings with flammable cladding in Merton and Richmond have replaced the dangerous cladding material used on

‘People could lose their flat and everything that they’ve ever put into it’ – Leaseholders’ concern over cladding costs

Three years on from the Grenfell tragedy, 145 private and social high-rise buildings in London, which includes at least 10,000

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