Cladding Matters – Friday 13th June at 1pm

Hosted by Gareth Wax, with regular contributors Stephen Day and Hamish McLay.

When leaseholders in unsafe buildings seek answers, they often find themselves staring into a void. One filled not with support, but with silence, confusion and red tape. This week on Cladding Matters, we’re asking: accountable to whom? Because in the fallout from the cladding crisis, transparency has been in short supply, and trust has taken a hammering.

Across the country, leaseholders have been pushed to the limits – financially, mentally and emotionally – all while decisions about their homes are made behind closed doors. Developers say one thing. Councils say another. Meanwhile, leaseholders wait. For updates. For timelines. For some sign that someone, somewhere, is genuinely taking responsibility.

At Royal Artillery Quays (RAQ), that lack of clarity is playing out in real time. Stephen Day, one of our regular guests and a long-time resident of RAQ, will be joining us again to reflect on how it feels to live in a building where critical remediation decisions are happening without clear communication. The remediation plan may be moving forward. Yet many residents still don’t know what materials will be removed, how long it will take, or who they can really trust to tell the truth.

And it’s not just RAQ. Across Chelmsford, Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield and beyond, the same patterns repeat: safety failures hidden or delayed, public assurances that crumble under scrutiny, and a whole class of leaseholders who are paying the price for a system that struggles with honesty.

So how do we rebuild trust in the wake of that? And what does real accountability look like when the stakes are so high, and so personal?

We’ll be reflecting on those questions this Friday at 1pm. Hosted by Gareth Wax, produced and directed as always, and joined by Stephen Day and Hamish McLay. Together we’ll explore the gulf between official statements and lived experience, and consider whether genuine transparency is still possible in a process that often feels anything but.

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