Southwark's high rise blocks record worsening fire safety ratings year on year.
For three years, Ledbury Action Group (former residents of the Ledbury Estate in Peckham) have recorded and analysed the annual fire risk...
Jan 21, 2022
Number 10 investigator implicated in blocking Grenfell information request
Open Democracy have revealed that Sue Gray; tasked with investigating alleged illegal gatherings at number 10, is also implicated in...
Jan 17, 2022
Former government ministers to be called upon in Grenfell Inquiry
The Guardian reports (4th January 2022) that former and current government figures including Eric Pickles, Gavin Barwell and Brandon...
Jan 5, 2022
Beyond Grenfell: A Building Safety Crisis on the Brink
Charlotte Lomas from Sky News reports on the leaseholders facing bankruptcy after their blocks were found to be at risk of fire spread...
Dec 7, 2021
Household Waste: The Squalor blighting Netherthorpe Tower Blocks
Peter MacLoughlin, a tower block resident from Sheffield writes about his experiences challenging the council over waste disposal and...
Nov 15, 2021
Value Engineering: Scenes From the Grenfell Inquiry
On 4th November we were able to see the play Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry a verbatim theatre production at the...
Nov 5, 2021
Sir David Amess MP
We are deeply shocked and saddened by the horrendous news that Sir David Amess MP has been murdered at his constituency surgery. Sir...
Oct 15, 2021
The UK's Building Safety Crisis
On 2nd September the BBC aired a Newsnight programme entitled 'The UK's Building Safety Crisis'. The programme highlights the vast...
Sep 6, 2021
Grenfell United highlight 'Rebel Residents'
Grenfell United have pledged to highlight and bring attention to housing campaigners dubbed as 'rebel residents' by the Royal Borough of...
Jul 22, 2021
A Tragedy of Neoliberal Deregulation
Natasha Lennard writes for The Intercept on the analogies between Grenfell and the Miami Champlain Towers South collapse highlighting the...
Jul 1, 2021
Miami Tower Block Collapse
In the early hours of 24th June 2021, Champlain Towers South, a 12-storey block in the Surfside area of Florida partially collapsed....
Jun 29, 2021
People In High Places
The Royal Institute of British Architects have published a 1988 lecture by Tower Blocks UK co-founder Sam Webb entitled 'People In High...
Jun 15, 2021
Former government officials called to give evidence at Grenfell Inquiry
As reported by Inside Housing on 3rd June, Gavin Barwell, former housing minister has been summoned to give evidence at the Grenfell...
Jun 4, 2021
Tower Blocks UK resumes activities
Following a brief hiatus over past few months during lockdown, Tower Blocks UK is pleased to be recommencing our usual activities. What's...
May 9, 2021
Tower Blocks UK in Hibernation
To our followers, Since March 2020, the pandemic has re-shaped all of our lives. At Tower Blocks UK, we've celebrated successes, such as...
Jan 13, 2021
