MPs Calling For An End To Untested Cladding

The number of MPs calling for a ban on a controversial method of signing off untested cladding has risen to 73. Now, 44 MPs have written to housing secretary James Brokenshire with a list of demands over fire safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. These included asking him to end the practice of ‘desktop studies’, which allow combustible materials to be used in cladding without testing. They also urged him to install sprinklers in all social housing tower blocks, to “reconsider” the use of combustible cladding, and to ensure that dangerous cladding is removed and replaced. Read more on Inside Housing.

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