The Prime Minister has pledged to exclude the companies criticised in the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry from public sector contracts.

Rydon Group’s latest accounts note that Grenfell’s main contractor has spent over £19m on remedial fire safety works to date.

The parent company of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment contractor has signed the government’s building safety remediation contract – six months after the deadline given by the housing secretary.

Rydon Group is making a £26.7m provision for Grenfell civil claims, its latest company accounts show.

Housing secretary Michael Gove has blocked Rydon Homes, the sister company of the firm involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, from the government’s Help to Buy loan scheme with immediate effect.

Camden Council in London is seeking contractors to undertake recladding works on Blashford Tower – one of the blocks within the Chalcots estate – following the departure last year of Wates, which had been on site for the works under a “letter of intent”.

Wates has started to remove equipment from the Chalcots Estate in London, where it had been working on the remediation of ACM cladding, after Camden Council decided to re-tender the…