Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK live in buildings that were deemed a fire risk following the Grenfell Tower fire in Kensington, London in 2017.
UK homebuilders get 6 weeks to pledge payment for cladding. (Representative image)
Citing the imbalance between the people looking to rent and available properties, the rents across Britain could rise a further by 5 per cent this year.
Last year, it was the second-highest annual rent growth ever with average rents for newly listed properties up 9.7per cent outside London.(Reuters File)
Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St. James’s University Hospital in Leeds, northern England, on Jan. 20 with what prosecutors say was a “viable” pressure-cooker bomb containing 13.7 kilograms (30 pounds) of a homemade low-explosive mixture.
Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St. James’s University Hospital in Leeds, northern England, on January 20.(Representative image/ AP)