{"id":33254,"date":"2019-02-22T13:23:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33254"},"modified":"2019-02-22T13:23:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:23:20","slug":"welsh-government-criticised-over-refusal-to-fund-safe-cladding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/22\/welsh-government-criticised-over-refusal-to-fund-safe-cladding\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Government criticised over refusal to fund safe cladding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32825\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32825\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51742008_1701714806596716_2425588522787274752_n-1-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nTHE WELSH Government\u2019s\u00a0decision to not fund\u00a0safe cladding on\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats in Llandaff North in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy has been described as \u201cout of order\u201d.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nHealth and safety checks carried out\u00a0on flats in the city by Cardiff Council in the wake of Grenfell revealed cladding on\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats did not meet fire safety standards.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe cladding was removed last month,<a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/19\/cardiff-flats-in-grenfell-checks-now-hit-by-damp-and-mould\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0which has left homes\u00a0cold, damp and mouldy.<\/a>\u00a0No new cladding has yet been fitted.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThere is a\u00a0great deal of uncertainty\u00a0over\u00a0when\u00a0new cladding will be\u00a0fitted and how long the process will take.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nIt had been hoped that the money to pay for replacement cladding would come from the UK Government, which\u00a0pledged \u00a3400m to enable councils and housing associations to remove dangerous cladding. However, that scheme applied to England only.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nCardiff Council decided to remove the cladding on safety\u00a0grounds, and\u00a0hoped the replacement cladding would be funded by the Welsh Government.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe Welsh Government pledged \u00a33m in capital funding to replace cladding on three Newport City Homes blocks, which failed health and safety checks after Grenfell. These blocks had\u00a0cladding made from\u00a0Aluminium\u00a0Composite Material\u00a0\u2013 the highly flammable component of Grenfell\u2019s cladding.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nDespite the fact\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats\u2019 cladding was not made up of the same material,\u00a0Cardiff Council\u2019s checks concluded that the blocks require \u201cremedial work to address fire safety concerns\u201d.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nHowever, the Welsh Government has made clear it will not fund the replacement cladding.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cI am shocked by how the government is approaching this because they haven\u2019t done anything at all,\u201d\u00a0said MP for Cardiff North, Anna\u00a0McMorrin\u00a0in a public meeting on Saturday, where residents\u00a0voiced\u00a0their concerns.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThis is now out of order that the government have not given any money to fix this issue.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nFlat owner\u00a0William Boswell,\u00a083,\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cIt has been dealt with very badly. We have been told different things by different people all the time. Last time they said the finance was not an issue and that the Welsh Government had the money.\u201d\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nCardiff Council Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities, Lynda Thorne, said:\u00a0\u201cWe did appeal to Welsh Government for\u00a0[money for]\u00a0cladding, which was refused.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cWelsh Government are saying is that it is not\u00a0the same material. If it had been then they would have considered giving money to the council to address it.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cWe decided as a council to have the cladding checked.\u00a0We wanted to make sure that our cladding met the standards because we did not want to end up in the position that Grenfell was in. So, Welsh Government have said \u2018it was your choice to get the cladding checked and your responsibility to get it right\u2019.\u201d\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe money needed to replace the cladding on\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats will come directly out of Cardiff Council\u2019s maintenance budget, according to Councillor Thorne.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cI do not want anybody to be mistaken. Housing revenue is ring-fenced.\u00a0We do have the money to fix the issue.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cWhatever we do to your flats will come out of the maintenance budget. This will be a priority, so other things will have to slip but it will not be to do with your issue.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nIn response to residents\u2019 concerns over when the issue will be fixed, Coun Thorne said:\u00a0\u201cThere are so many unknown things about the available cladding. There is no point in taking that cladding off and putting on another type unless we are sure it is 100 percent safe\u201d, but\u00a0could not say when this would happen.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nJulie Morgan, AM for Cardiff North, added:\u00a0\u201cIt is not a matter of money. Cardiff Council have the money and they will do it.\u201d\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nDilwar\u00a0Ali,\u00a0Labour\u00a0Councillor\u00a0for Llandaff North, said:\u00a0\u201cI arranged the public meeting to listen to the concerns from the residents. I am pleased with the commitments from\u00a0Councillor\u00a0Lynda Thorne, the Cabinet Member for Housing, who said\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats are a priority for the council and the funds for the work are available.\u201d\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe Welsh Government has been approached for comment.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE WELSH Government\u2019s\u00a0decision to not fund\u00a0safe cladding on\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats in Llandaff North in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy has been described as \u201cout of order\u201d.\u00a0 Health and safety checks carried out\u00a0on flats in the city by Cardiff Council in the wake of Grenfell revealed cladding on\u00a0Lydstep\u00a0Flats did not meet fire safety standards.\u00a0\u00a0 The cladding was removed last month,\u00a0which has left homes\u00a0cold, damp and mouldy.\u00a0No new cladding has yet been fitted.\u00a0 There is a\u00a0great deal of uncertainty\u00a0over\u00a0when\u00a0new cladding will be\u00a0fitted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":32825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,3,113],"tags":[5525,52,348,1067,321,231,1069,126],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-llandaff-north","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-anna-mcmorrin","tag-cardiff-council","tag-cladding","tag-grenfell-tower","tag-julie-morgan","tag-llandaff-north","tag-lynda-thorne","tag-welsh-government"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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